Sukta 2
अव॑धी॒त् कामो॒ मम॒ ये स॒पत्ना॑ उ॒रुं लो॒कम॑कर॒न्मह्य॑मेध॒तुम्। मह्यं॑ नमन्तां प्र॒दिश॒श्चत॑स्रो॒ मह्यं॒ षडु॒र्वीर्घृ॒तमा व॑हन्तु
avadhī́t kā́mo máma yé sapátnā urúṃ lokám akaran máhyam édhatum | máhyaṃ namantāṃ pradíśaś cátasro máhyaṃ ṣáḍ urvī́r ghṛtám ā́ vahantu ||
Kāma hath smitten down those rivals of mine who would have made for me a wide domain for thriving. Let the four quarters bow unto me; let the six broad regions bring hither ghee for me.
Kāma hat jene meine Nebenbuhler niedergeschlagen, die mir ein weites Gebiet zum Gedeihen bereiten wollten. Mögen die vier Himmelsrichtungen sich vor mir neigen; mögen die sechs weiten Räume mir hierher Ghee bringen.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies in Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Kāma (and subordinately the Directions/Regions)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (AV mixed; often treated as triṣṭubh in this section)
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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