Mantra 8
Sukta 10
अपस्त्वं धुक्षे प्रथमा उर्वरा अपरा वशे । तृतीयं राष्ट्रं धुक्षेऽन्नं क्षीरं वशे त्वम्
apás tváṃ dhúkṣe prathamā́ urvárā́ áparā vaśé | tṛtī́yaṃ rā́ṣṭraṃ dhúkṣe’nnaṃ kṣīráṃ vaśé tvám
The Waters thou milkest forth—first; the fertile field next—under mastery. Thirdly thou milkest forth the realm: food, milk—under mastery art thou.
तू जलों को दुहती है—पहले; फिर उर्वरा (उपजाऊ भूमि) को—हे वशा—वश में। तीसरे तू राष्ट्र को दुहती है: अन्न, क्षीर—हे वशा—तू वश में है।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (hymn-level attribution varies)
Devata: Apah (Waters), Earth/Fertility (implicit), Rāṣṭra (personified polity), and the cow-as-model
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic freer prosody)
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