Sukta 7
सोमो॒ राजा॑ म॒स्तिष्को॒ द्यौरु॑त्तरह॒नुः पृ॑थि॒व्यऽधरह॒नुः
sómo rā́jā mastíṣko dyáur úttarahanúḥ pṛthivī́ ’dharahanúḥ
King Soma is the brain; Heaven is the upper jaw; Earth is the lower jaw.
सोमो राजा मस्तिष्कम्; द्यौरुत्तरहनुः; पृथिव्यधोहनुः।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain across editions)
Devata: Soma; Dyauḥ; Pṛthivī
Chandas: Catalogic/ritual prose tendency (not a strict RV-style stanza)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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