Mantra 12
Sukta 10
त्रिषु पात्रेषु तं सोममा देव्यऽहरद् वशा। अथर्वा यत्र दीक्षितो बर्हिष्यास्त हिरण्यये
tríṣu pā́treṣu táṃ sómam ā́ devy àharad váśā | átharvā yátra dīkṣitó barhíṣy ā́sta hiraṇyé ||
In threefold vessels that Soma did the Goddess bring hither—Vāśā. Where Atharvan, consecrated, sate him down upon the Barhis, on the golden seat.
Rishi: Atharvan (as explicitly named; hymn is Atharvanic in self-referential style)
Devata: Vāśā as soma-bringer; Soma as the central sacred substance
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant; with Atharvanic narrative cadence)
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