Mantra 18
Sukta 4
यो अस्या ऊधो न वेदाथो अस्या स्तनानुत। उभयेनैवास्मै दुहे दातुं चे दशकद् वशाम्
yó asyā́ ū́dho ná vedā́tho asyā́ stanā́n utá | ubháyenaívāsmaí duhe dātúṃ ca dáśakad vaśā́m ||
Whoso knoweth not her udder, and likewise her teats—by both, in very deed, she is milked for him; and he must give a Vashā-cow tenfold.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for 12.4 generally to Atharvan/Angiras line; verse-level r̥ṣi not securely isolable here).
Devata: Vashā (the gift-cow) / Brahman (as sacral recipient) / normative ‘dharma’ of dāna
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this narrative-legal sequence)
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