Atharva Veda 18.4.28: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 28
Sukta 4
द्र॒प्सश्च॑स्कन्द पृथि॒वीमनु॒ द्यामि॒मं च॒ योनि॒मनु॒ यश्च॒ पूर्वः॑ । स॒मा॒नं योनि॒मनु॑ सं॒चर॑न्तं द्र॒प्सं जु॑हो॒म्यनु॑ स॒प्त होत्राः॑
drapsáś caskanda pṛthivī́m ánu dyā́m imáṃ ca yóniṃ ánu yáś ca pū́rvaḥ | samānáṃ yóniṃ ánu saṃcárantaṃ drapsáṃ juhómy ánu saptá hótrāḥ |
The Drop hath streamed—along the Earth, along Heaven, along this womb, and that which is the former. The Drop that moves along the self-same womb, in ordered course—this Drop I offer, following the Seven Hotṛ-calls.
Der Tropfen (drapsa) ist geströmt — der Erde entlang, dem Himmel entlang, diesem Schoß entlang und dem, der der frühere ist. Den Tropfen, der im selben Schoß in geordnetem Gang dahinschreitet — diesen Tropfen opfere ich, den sieben Hotṛ-Rufen folgend.
Rishi: Hymn-level funerary seer attribution per anukramaṇī (Atharvanic tradition).
Devata: Drapsa as sacralized oblation; implicitly Agni (recipient) and cosmic stations (Dyāvāpṛthivī).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is plausible; exact metrical classification requires full pada scansion by edition.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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