Mantra 1
Sukta 38
वाजिनीवान् ऋषभः। उद्भिन्दतीं संजयन्तीमप्सरां साधुदेविनीम्। ग्लहे कृतानि कृण्वानामप्सरां तामिह हुवे
vājinī́vān ṛṣabháḥ | udbhindatī́ṃ saṃjáyantīm apsaráṃ sā́dhudevínīm | gláhe kṛtā́ni kṛṇvāná̄m apsaráṃ tā́m ihá huvḗ ||
The Bull, victorious in onset: the Apsaras, the kindly goddess, who bursteth through and maketh men to conquer—her, who in the wager fashioneth the ‘made’ successes, her do I invoke hither.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective in many AV charms; transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa authority)
Devata: Apsaras (auspicious, ‘sādhudevinī’), with an associated ‘ṛṣabha’ (bull/consort-force)
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with Atharvanic prose-verse flexibility
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