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Atharva Veda 9.7.1: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 1

Sukta 7

गौः प्र॒जाप॑तिश्च परमे॒ष्ठी च॒ शृङ्गे॒ इन्द्रः॒ शिरो॑ अ॒ग्निर्ल॒लाटं॑ य॒मः कृका॑टम्

gáuḥ prajā́patiś ca parameṣṭhī́ ca śṛ́ṅge índraḥ śíro agnír lalā́ṭaṃ yamáḥ kṛ́kāṭam

The Cow: Prajāpati and Parameṣṭhin are in her horns; Indra is her head; Agni her forehead; Yama her nape of the neck.

La Vache : dans ses cornes sont Prajāpati et Parameṣṭhin ; Indra est sa tête ; Agni son front ; Yama sa nuque.

गौःthe cow
गौः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रजापतिःPrajāpati (lord of creatures)
प्रजापतिः:
कर्तृ (समानााधिकरण/विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः गौः इति सह)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
परमेष्ठीParamēṣṭhin (the Highest/Most Exalted)
परमेष्ठी:
कर्तृ (समानााधिकरण/समुच्चितः)
TypeNoun
Rootपरमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक; नकारान्त-इन्)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शृङ्गे(in) the two horns
शृङ्गे:
अधिकारण/सम्बन्ध (अङ्ग-निर्देशः: ‘in/at the horns’)
TypeNoun
Rootशृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (समानााधिकरण: शृङ्गे इति अङ्गे नियोज्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शिरःthe head
शिरः:
अधिकारण/सम्बन्ध (अङ्ग-निर्देशः: ‘as/at the head’)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक; सकारान्त)
अग्निःAgni (fire)
अग्निः:
कर्तृ (समानााधिकरण: शिरः/ललाटं इत्यादि अङ्गेषु नियोज्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
ललाटम्the forehead
ललाटम्:
अधिकारण/सम्बन्ध (अङ्ग-निर्देशः: ‘the forehead’)
TypeNoun
Rootललाट (प्रातिपदिक)
यमःYama
यमः:
कर्तृ (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
कृकाटम्the nape (neck-joint)
कृकाटम्:
अधिकारण/सम्बन्ध (अङ्ग-निर्देशः: ‘the nape/neck-joint’)
TypeNoun
Rootकृकाट (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: The Cow as cosmic body; deities enumerated (Prajāpati, Parameṣṭhin, Indra, Agni, Yama)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like triṣṭubh tendency (AV descriptive mapping style; metrical exactness varies by recension)

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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