Mantra 23
Sukta 10
सर्वे गर्भादवेपन्त जायमानादसूस्वः । ससूव हि तामाहुवशेति ब्रह्मभिः क्लृप्तः स ह्यऽस्या बन्धुः
sárve gárbhād avepanta jā́yamānād asūsvaḥ | sasūvá hí tā́m ā́hur vaśéti bráhmabhiḥ klṛptáḥ sá hy asyā́ bandháḥ ||
All trembled at her birth from the womb, O vital Breaths. For she was brought forth; and men call her ‘Vaśā’: by the brahmans is he made ready—he is, in sooth, her kinsman-link.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per Anukramaṇī).
Devata: Vaśā (as emergent śakti); Asū (vital breaths) as addressed powers.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
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