Mantra 17
Sukta 6
स्रुग् दर्विर्नेक्षणमायवनं द्रोणकलशाः कुम्भ्योऽ वायव्याऽनि पात्राणीयमेव कृष्णाजिनम्
srúg darvī́r nékṣaṇam ā́yavanaṃ droṇakaláśāḥ kúmbhyo vāyavyā̀ni pā́trāṇīyám evá kṛ́ṣṇājinám
The ladle, the spoon, the sprinkling-vessel, the leading-up; the drona-jars are the pots; the vessels are Vāyu’s: this, verily, is the black antelope-skin.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Ritual implements / Vāyu (by epithet vāyavya) / Kṛṣṇājina as consecratory power-object
Chandas: Catalogue-style; meter uncertain
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