Sukta 2
सा ते॑ काम दुहि॒ता धे॒नुरु॑च्यते॒ यामा॒हुर्वाचं॑ क॒वयो॑ वि॒राज॑म्। तया॑ स॒पत्ना॑न् परि॑ वृङ्ग्धि॒ ये मम॒ पर्ये॑नान् प्रा॒णः प॒शवो॒ जीव॑नं वृणक्तु
sā́ te kāma duhitā́ dhénur ucyate yā́m ā́hur vā́caṃ kaváyo virā́jam | táyā sapatnā́n pári vṛṅgdhi yé máma páry enān prāṇáḥ páśavo jī́vanaṃ vṛṇaktu ||
That daughter of thine, O Kāma, is called the Milch-cow—her whom the poets call Speech, the radiant Virāj. With her strip away the rivals who encompass me; and may breath, cattle, and life choose and win these for me.
হে কাম, তোৰ সেই কন্যা ‘দুহিতা’ক ‘ধেনু’—দুগ্ধদায়িনী গাই—বুলি কোৱা হয়; যাক কবিসকলে দীপ্তিময় ‘বিৰাজ’ ৰূপে ‘বাক্’ (বাণী) বুলি কয়। সেই বাণীৰ দ্বাৰাই মোৰ চাৰিওফালে ঘেৰি থকা প্ৰতিদ্বন্দ্বীসকলক ছিঙি আঁতৰাই দে; আৰু প্ৰাণ, পশুধন আৰু জীৱন মোৰ বাবে এইবোৰ বাছি লৈ জয় কৰক।
Rishi: Atharvanic transmission (Kāma-cycle)
Devata: Kāma; Vāc/Virāj as his ‘daughter’ and operative power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with Atharvanic flexibility)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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