Mantra 8
Sukta 8
कुत इन्द्रः कुतः सोमः कुतो अग्निरजायत । कुतस्त्वष्टा समभवत् कुतो धाताजायत
kutá índraḥ kutáḥ sómaḥ kúto agnír ajāyata | kutás tváṣṭā sám abhavat kúto dhā́tā ajāyata
Whence sprang Indra? whence Soma? whence was Agni born? Whence came Tvaṣṭṛ into being, and whence was Dhātṛ born?
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted as Atharvan/Angiras line; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Cosmogonic powers: Indra, Soma, Agni, Tvaṣṭṛ, Dhātṛ (collective deva-genesis)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV speculative and domestic corpora)
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