Sukta 21
छन्दांसि। गा॒य॒त्र्यु॑१ष्णिग॑नु॒ष्टुब् बृ॑ह॒ती प॒ङ्क्तिस्त्रि॒ष्टुब् जग॑त्यै
chándāṃsi | gāyatrī́ uṣṇík anuṣṭúb bṛhatī́ paṅktís triṣṭúb jágatī́ íti
The metres: Gāyatrī, Uṣṇih, Anuṣṭubh, Bṛhatī, Paṅkti, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī—thus.
ບົດກະວີ: ຄາຍາຕຣີ, ອຸສະນິຫ, ອະນຸສະຕຸບ, ບຣິຫາຕີ, ປັງຕິ, ຕຣິສະຕຸບ, ຊະຄະຕີ - ເປັນດັ່ງນີ້.
Rishi: Notionally Atharvanic/technical (often unattributed in a personal r̥ṣi sense)
Devata: Chandas (the meters personified/collectivized)
Chandas: List-form (not a single meter; meta-liturgical)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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