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Sukta 4
स्व॒धा॒का॒रेण॑ पि॒तृभ्यो॑ य॒ज्ञेन॑ दे॒वता॑भ्यः । दाने॑न राज॒न्योऽ व॒शाया॑ मा॒तुर्हेडं॒ न ग॑च्छति
svadhākā́reṇa pitṛ́bhyo yajñéna devátābhyaḥ | dā́nena rājanyò vaśā́yā mātúr héḍaṃ ná gacchati ||
By Svadhā-call unto the Fathers, by sacrifice unto the Gods, by gift—the noble Kṣatriya cometh not under the mother’s wrath of the Vashā.
Durch den Svadhā-Ruf den Vätern, durch das Opfer den Gottheiten, durch die Gabe: so gerät der edle Kṣatriya nicht unter den mütterlichen Zorn der Vaśā.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified here)
Devata: Pitṛs and Devatās; also the vashā’s maternal/source power as a quasi-personified locus of hēḍa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Primary: shanta
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