Atharva Veda 7.57.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 57, Mantra 1
Sukta 57
सरस्वती। यदा॒शसा॒ वद॑तो मे विचुक्षु॒भे यद् याच॑मानस्य॒ चर॑तो॒ जनाँ॒ अनु॑ । यदा॒त्मनि॑ त॒न्वोऽमे॒ विरि॑ष्टं॒ सर॑स्वती॒ तदा पृ॑णद् घृ॒तेन॑
sárasvatī | yadā́śásā vádato me vicukṣúbhe yád yā́camānasya cárato jánāṃ ánu | yadā́tmani tanvò ’mé víriṣṭaṃ sárasvatī tádā pṛṇad ghṛténa ||
O Sarasvatī—when, speaking in hope, I am shaken; when, a suppliant wandering, I follow after men; when in my very self, in my body, there is a rift—then, O Sarasvatī, do thou fill it full with ghee.
O Sarasvatī — wenn ich, in Hoffnung sprechend, erbebe; wenn ich, als Bittender umhergehend, den Menschen nachfolge; wenn in mir selbst, in meinem Leib, ein Riss ist — dann, o Sarasvatī, fülle ihn mit Ghee (geklärter Butter).
Rishi: Unspecified in the provided excerpt (likely Atharvanic)
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence (probable due to longer pādas; exact meter requires full pada-count verification)
Primary: karuna
Secondary: shanta
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