Mantra 6
Sukta 10
गौरमीमेदभि वत्सं मिषन्तं मूर्धानं हिङ्ङकृणोन्मातवा उ । सृक्वाणं घर्ममभि वावशाना मिमाति मायुं पयते पयोभिः
gáur amīmet abhí vatsáṃ míṣantaṃ mūrdhā́naṃ híṅ akṛṇon mātávā́ u | sṛ́kvāṇaṃ gharmám abhí vāvashānā́ mimā́ti māyúṃ páyate páyobhiḥ
The Cow lowed over the calf that stirred; with the hiṅ-cry she made (as it were) a motherly head. Licking him, yearning toward the warmth, she metes out the cry, and with her milks she gives him to drink.
Die Kuh brüllte über dem Kalb, das sich regte; mit dem hiṅ-Ruf machte sie gleichsam ein mütterliches Haupt. Ihn leckend, nach der Wärme verlangend, bemisst sie ihren Ruf, und mit ihren Milchen lässt sie ihn trinken.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Gauḥ (Cow) as generative power; implicitly prāṇa/heat (gharma) as life-agent
Chandas: Mixed/triṣṭubh-jagatī tendency in AV 9; verse-level meter requires pada-count verification
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