Mantra 9
Sukta 50
अक्षाः फलवतीं द्युवं दत्त गां क्षीरिणीमिव । सं मा कृतस्य धारया धनुः स्नाव्नेव नह्यत
ákṣāḥ phálavatīṁ dyúvaṁ datta gā́ṁ kṣīríṇīm iva | sáṁ mā kr̥tásya dhā́rayā dhánuḥ snā́vnā iva nahyata
O Dice, grant the fruitful game—grant, as it were, a milk-rich cow. With the steady stream of the winning cast bind me fast, as a bow is bound with its sinew-string.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (dyūta/victory section)
Devata: Akṣāḥ (Dice) as personified powers of fate; success (kṛta) as operative force
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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