Mantra 1
Sukta 70
अघ्न्याः। यथा मांसं यथा सुरा यथाक्षा अधिदेवने । यथा पुंसो वृषण्यत स्त्रियां निहन्यते मनः । एवा ते अघ्न्ये मनोऽधि वत्से नि हन्यताम्
aghńyāḥ | yáthā māṃsáṃ yáthā surā́ yáthā́kṣā adhidévane | yáthā púṃso vṛṣaṇyát striyā́ṃ ní-hanyate mánaḥ | evā́ te aghnye máno ’dhí vatsé ní hanyatām ||
O Cow inviolable: as meat, as surā, as dice in the gaming-hall; as the mind of a man in heat is fastened upon a woman—so, O Aghnyā, let thy mind be fastened firmly upon thy calf.
हे अघ्न्या (अवध्य गौ)! जैसे मांस पर, जैसे सुरा पर, जैसे जुए-घर में पासों पर; जैसे कामोन्मत्त पुरुष का मन स्त्री पर जकड़ जाता है—वैसे ही, हे अघ्न्ये, तेरा मन अपने बछड़े पर दृढ़तापूर्वक टिक जाए।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (household/cattle charm corpus)
Devata: Aghnyā (the cow as sacral being) / manas-binding efficacy
Chandas: Mixed/expanded Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic prose-verse cadence with repeated yathā clauses)
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