Mantra 1

Sukta 37

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वासः। अभि त्वा मनुजातेन दधामि मम वाससा । यथासो मम केवलो नान्यासां कीर्तयाश्चन

IAST Transliteration

vā́saḥ | abhí tvā mánu-jātena dádhāmi máma vāsásā | yáthā ’só máma kévalaḥ ná ’nyāsāṃ kīrtáyāś caná ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Garment: upon thee with a cloth, human-born, I lay my garment—so that he may be mine alone, and not of other women, not even of the famed among them.

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per Anukramaṇī for 7.37)

Devata: Vāsaḥ (Garment) as charm-medium; Kāma/Manas implicitly

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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