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Atharva Veda 9.7.2: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 2

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।

सोमःSoma (the Soma-plant/juice; deified Soma)
सोमः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
राजाking
राजा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मस्तिष्कःbrain (marrow of the head)
मस्तिष्कः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमस्तिष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यौःheaven, sky
द्यौः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरहनुःupper jaw
उत्तरहनुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootउत्तर-हनु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिवीearth
पृथिवी:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अधरहनुःlower jaw
अधरहनुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअधर-हनु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

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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