Mantra 1
Sukta 6
ब्रह्मविद्या। ब्रह्म जज्ञानं प्रथमं पुरस्ताद् वि सीमतः सुरुचो वेन आवः । स बुध्न्याऽ उपमा अस्य विष्ठाः सतश्च योनिमसतश्च वि वः
brahmavidyā́ | bráhma jajñānám prathamám purástād ví sīmatáḥ surúco vená ā́vaḥ | sá budhnyā́ upamá̄ asya viṣṭhā́ḥ satáś ca yónim ásataś ca ví vaḥ ||
Brahman—knowing, first in the beginning—Vena, of goodly radiance, from the boundary, set it forth. Its likenesses are the deep foundations, its stations; it spread abroad the womb of what is, and of what is not.
Rishi: Traditionally associated with speculative seers (Vena appears within the verse); precise r̥ṣi attribution varies
Devata: Brahman (cosmic principle); Vena as seer-agent
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in AV speculative hymns)
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