Atharva Veda 4.21.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 5
Sukta 21
गावो॒ भगो॒ गाव॒ इन्द्रो॑ म इच्छा॒द् गावः॒ सोम॑स्य प्रथ॒मस्य॑ भ॒क्षः । इ॒मा या गावः॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्र॑ इ॒च्छामि॑ हृ॒दा मन॑सा चि॒दिन्द्र॑म्
gā́vo bhágo gā́va índro mā́m icchād gā́vaḥ sómasya prathamásya bhakṣáḥ | imā́ yā́ gā́vaḥ sá jánāsa índra icchā́mi hṛdā́ mánasā cit índrám
Cows are Bhaga; cows—Indra—may desire me; cows are the foremost portion of Soma. These cows which (are mine to win)—he is Indra among men: Indra I desire, with heart, with mind—yea, Indra.
Gaay bhagwan ki den hai, yeh khushi laati hain. Indra ki yeh dua hai ki woh mujhe chahein. Gaay Soma ke pehle hisse mein aati hain. Yeh jo gaay hain, woh mere liye hai. Aadmiyon mein Indra sabse bada hai. Main apne dil aur dimaag se Indra ko chahta hoon.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Indra; Bhaga (subsidiary); Cows as prosperity-form
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Primary: shringara
Secondary: adbhuta
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