Mantra 27

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य एवं विद्यात् स वशां प्रति गृह्णीयात्। तथा हि यज्ञः सर्वपाद् दुहे दात्रेऽनपस्फुरन्

IAST Transliteration

yá eváṃ vidyā́t sá vaśā́ṃ práti gṛhṇīyāt | táthā hí yajñáḥ sárvapād dúhe dātré’ná-apasphurán

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso should know it thus, he may accept the Vaśā in return; for so, from every side, the Sacrifice is milked for the giver, unfaltering, slipping not away.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

एवम्thus, in this manner

विद्यात्should know

सःhe

वशाम्a (milch-)cow / vashā-cow

प्रतिtowards, in relation to

गृह्णीयात्should take/accept

तथाso, in that way

हिindeed, for

यज्ञःthe sacrifice / yajña

सर्वपात्having all feet/legs; on all sides

दुहेyields milk; is milked; gives

दात्रेto the giver/donor

अनपस्फुरन्not slipping away; not failing; unwavering

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 10.10; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras milieu).

Devata: Vaśā (as sacral cow) and Yajña (personified sacrificial power).

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh tendency (late Atharvanic style; verify per pada-count in critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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