Mantra 2
Sukta 4
प्रजया स वि क्रीणीते पशुभिश्चोप दस्यति । य आर्षेयेभ्यो याचद्भ्यो देवानां गां न दित्सति
prajáyā sá ví krīṇīte paśúbhiś copá dasyati | yá ārṣeyébhyo yā́cadbhyo devā́nāṃ gā́ṃ ná ditsati
With progeny he buys it off, and with cattle moreover he is smitten—whoso, when the Ārṣeyas ask, is unwilling to give the gods’ cow.
Rishi: Normative Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Brahmin-seer lineages (Ārṣeyas) and the gods as sacral owners of the cow; the sanction operates as impersonal ritual law
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas of ~8 syllables each; approximate)
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