Mantra 7
Sukta 9
अचिकित्वांस्चिकितुषश्चिदत्र कवीन् पृच्छामि विद्वनो न विद्वान्। वि यस्तस्तम्भ षडिमा रजांस्यजस्य रूपे किमपि स्विदेकम्
ácikित्वāṃś cikítuṣaś cid átra kavī́n pṛcchāmi vidváno ná vidvā́n | ví yás tastámbha ṣáḍ imā́ rájāṃsy ajásya rūpé kím ápi svíd ékam
Unknowing, I question here the seers—even the discerning—one who would know, yet is no knower: Who hath set apart and propped these six regions—in the Unborn’s form—what single thing, pray, is it?
Rishi: Brahmodya tradition
Devata: Aja (Unborn/Brahman) as cosmic support
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like
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