Mantra 23
Sukta 1
पूर्वापरं चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीडन्तौ परि यातोऽर्णवम्। विश्वान्यो भुवना विचष्ट ऋतूंरन्यो विदधज्जायसे नवः
pū́rvāparaṃ carato māyáyaitáu śiśū́ krī́ḍantau pári yāto 'rṇavám | víśvānyó bhúvanā vicáṣṭa ṛtū́n anyó vidadháj jāyase návaḥ ||
By wondrous power these twain move to and fro, like children sporting, they go about the ocean-flood. The one surveys all beings and all worlds; the other, ordering the seasons, is born anew.
Rishi: Atharvanic marriage corpus attribution (variable by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Cosmic pair (often interpreted as Sūrya–Candra or Dyāvā–Pṛthivī functions); order of seasons (ṛtu).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed; AV often preserves non-RV regularities)
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