Atharva Veda 3.21.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 2
Sukta 21
यः सोमे॑ अ॒न्तर्यो गोष्व॒न्तर्य आवि॑ष्टो॒ वयः॑सु॒ यो मृ॒गेषु॑ । य आ॑वि॒वेश॑ द्वि॒पदो॒ यश्चतु॑ष्पद॒स्तेभ्यो॑ अ॒ग्निभ्यो॑ हु॒तम॑स्त्वे॒तत्
yáḥ sóme ántaḥ yó góṣv ántaḥ yá āvíṣṭo váyaḥsu yó mṛgéṣu | yá āvivéśa dvipádo yáś cátuṣpadas tébhyo agníbhyo hútam astv etát
He who is within Soma, who is within the cows, who hath entered the birds, who is in the wild creatures; he who hath entered the two-footed and who the four-footed—to those Fires let this oblation be offered.
यः सोमेऽन्तर्यो गोष्वन्तर्य आविष्टो वयःसु यो मृगेषु। य आविवेश द्विपदो यश्चतुष्पदस्तेभ्योऽग्निभ्यो हुतमस्त्वेतत्॥
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution varies)
Devata: Agni (immanent in Soma and beings)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic mixed)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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