Sukta 7
श्ये॒नः क्रो॒डो॒३ऽन्तरि॑क्षं पाज॒स्यं॑१ बृह॒स्पतिः॑ क॒कुद् बृ॑ह॒तीः कीक॑साः
śyénáḥ króḍo ’ntárikṣaṃ pā́jasyaṃ bṛ́haspátiḥ kakúd bṛhatī́ḥ kī́kasāḥ
The hawk is the breast; the mid-air is vigor; Bṛhaspati is the hump; the Bṛhatīs are the bones.
श्येनो वक्षः; अन्तरिक्षं पाजस्यम्। बृहस्पतिः ककुद्; बृहत्यः कीकसाः (अस्थीनि)।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Śyena; Antarikṣa/Pājas; Bṛhaspati; Bṛhatīs (as great sustaining powers)
Chandas: Catalogic/ritual style; bṛhatī is invoked as power-name (not necessarily meter here)
Primary: vira
Secondary: adbhuta
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