Sukta 34
इ॒ममो॑द॒नं नि द॑धे ब्राह्म॒णेषु॑ विष्टा॒रिणं॑ लोक॒जितं॑ स्व॒र्ग॑म्। स मे॒ मा क्षे॑ष्ट स्व॒धया॒ पिन्व॑मानो वि॒श्वरू॑पा धे॒नुः का॑म॒दुघा॑ मे अस्तु
imám ódanaṃ ní dadhe brāhmaṇéṣu viṣṭā́riṇaṃ lokajítam svárgam | sá me mā́ kṣeṣṭa svadháyā pínvamāno viśvárūpā dhenúḥ kāmadúghā me astu
This boiled rice I set and stablish among the Brahmans—spreading abroad, world-winning, heaven-leading. Let it not harm me; swelling with its own svadhā, let it be for me a cow of every form, a milker-forth of all desires.
هذا الأرزُّ المطبوخُ أضعه وأُثبِّته بين البراهمة—مُنتشرًا، غالِبًا للعالَم، مُفضيًا إلى السَّماء. فلا يضرَّني؛ وليمتلئ بسْفَدْها (svadhā) الخاصّة به، وليكن لي بقرةً ذاتَ كلِّ صورة، حالبةً لكلِّ الرغبات.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type in food-charms; exact attribution depends on Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Odana as empowered substance; implicitly Prajāpati/Brahman-power behind nourishment
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent scansion)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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