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Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angiras line (hymn-level attribution varies by Anukramaṇī; requires consultation of AVŚ 7.73 anukramaṇī).
Devata: Savitar; Dawn (Uṣas); implicitly the Cow/Milk as efficacious agent.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (needs metrical verification against pada lengths).
Is sukta mein doodh aur gaye ko bhagya ke saath joda gaya hai. Yeh ghar ki samriddhi ke liye Savitar aur Ushas ko bulaya hai. Garam ghee aur ache charagah ka zikr hai isme. Yeh bohot doodh aur healthy cattle maangta hai. Ghar ke success ke signs bhi mange gaye hain. Aasman ki tarah khula rishta hai isme. Rozana ki cattle-keeping ko ritual bana diya hai. Khana aur doodh dono bhagwan ka ashirwad ban jate hain.
Mantra 1
घर्मः। समि॑द्धो अ॒ग्निर्वृ॑षणा र॒थी दि॒वस्त॒प्तो घ॒र्मो दु॑ह्यते वामि॒षे मधु॑ । व॒यं हि वां॑ पुरु॒दमा॑सो अश्विना॒ हवा॑महे सध॒मादे॑षु का॒रवः॑
Agni jal raha hai. Dono taakatwale devta, tum rath mein aao. Aasman se garam doodh nikal raha hai tumhare liye, jaise shahad meetha. Hum gaane wale log tumhe bula rahe hain, Ashwin devta, sab milke khane-peene ke time.
Mantra 2
समि॑द्धो अ॒ग्निर॑श्विना त॒प्तो वां॑ घ॒र्म आ ग॑तम्। दु॒ह्यन्ते॑ नू॒नं वृ॑षणे॒ह धे॒नवो॒ दस्रा॒ मद॑न्ति वे॒धसः॑
Agni jal raha hai. Ashwin devta, tum yahan aao. Tumhare liye garam doodh taiyaar hai. Ab gaaye dudh de rahi hain. Tum jo chamatkar karte ho, tumse gyani log khush ho rahe hain.
Mantra 3
स्वाहा॑कृतः॒ शुचि॑र्दे॒वेषु॑ य॒ज्ञो यो अ॒श्विनो॑श्चम॒सो दे॑व॒पानः॑ । तमु॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒मृता॑सो जुषा॒णा ग॑न्ध॒र्वस्य॒ प्रत्या॒स्ना रि॑हन्ति
Yeh yagya bhagwan ke liye saaf hai, svaha bolke kiya gaya hai. Ashwin devta ka pyala hai, devta log isme se peete hain. Saare amar devta isse bahut pasand karte hain, jaise koi ras chakh raha ho.
Mantra 4
यदु॒स्रिया॒स्वाहु॑तं घृ॒तं पयो॒ऽयं स वा॑मश्विना भा॒ग आ ग॑तम्। माध्वी॑ धर्तारा विदथस्य सत्पती त॒प्तं घ॒र्मं पि॑बतं रोच॒ने दि॒वः
Jitna bhi doodh aur ghee havan mein diya gaya hai, woh sab Ashvin bhagwan ke liye hai. Aap dono aajaiye. Aap meethi tarah se sab sambhalte hain, yeh puja ke asli malik hain. Aasman mein chamakte hue sthan par garam gharma piyeye.
Mantra 5
त॒प्तो वां॑ घ॒र्मो न॑क्षतु॒ स्वहो॑ता॒ प्र वा॑मध्व॒र्युश्च॑रतु॒ पय॑स्वान्। मधो॑र्दु॒ग्धस्या॑श्विना त॒नाया॑ वी॒तं पा॒तं पय॑स उ॒स्रिया॑याः
Yeh garam gharma aap tak pahunche, yeh puja sahi tarike se ho rahi hai. Pujari aapke liye aage badh raha hai, uske paas doodh hai. Ashvin bhagwan, meetha doodh bacchon ke liye nikala gaya hai. Aap is gaay ke doodh ka maza lo, piyo.
Mantra 6
उप॑ द्रव॒ पय॑सा गोधुगो॒षमा घ॒र्मे सि॑ञ्च॒ पय॑ उ॒स्रिया॑याः । वि नाक॑मख्यत् सवि॒ता वरे॑ण्योऽनुप्र॒याण॑मुषसो॒ वि रा॑जति
Doodh le ke bhaago, gaayon ke dudh nikalne ki awaaz ki taraf. Garam havan mein gaay ka doodh chadha do. Savitar, jo sabse bade hain, aasman khhol ke dikha rahe hain. Subah ki roshni chamak ke aa rahi hai.
Mantra 7
उप॑ ह्वये सु॒दुघां॑ धे॒नुमे॒तां सु॒हस्तो॑ गो॒धुगु॒त दो॑हदेनाम्। श्रेष्ठं॑ स॒वं स॑वि॒ता सा॑विषन्नो॒ऽभीऽद्धो घ॒र्मस्तदु॒ षु प्र वो॑चत्
Main is doodh dene wali gaay ko bula raha hoon. Doodh nikalne wala acche haath se iska doodh nikaalta hai. Savitar ne humare liye sabse accha kaam kiya hai. Garam havan jal ke yeh baat bol raha hai.
Mantra 8
हि॒ङ्कृ॒ण्व॒ती व॑सु॒पत्नी॒ वसू॑नां व॒त्समि॒च्छन्ती॒ मन॑सा॒ न्याग॑न्। दु॒हाम॒श्विभ्यां॒ पयो॑ अ॒घ्न्येयं सा व॑र्धतां मह॒ते सौभ॑गाय
Gaay sab dhan ki maalik hai, apne bacche ko dekhne ki ichha se jhuk gayi. Yeh gaay Ashvin ke liye doodh deti hai. Is gaay se bada bhagya mile, yehi dua hai.
Mantra 9
जुष्टो॒ दमू॑ना॒ अति॑थिर्दुरो॒ण इ॒मं नो॑ य॒ज्ञमुप॑ याहि वि॒द्वान्। विश्वा॑ अग्ने अभि॒युजो॑ वि॒हत्य॑ शत्रूय॒तामा भ॑रा॒ भोज॑नानि
Agni, tu ghar mein rehnewala mehman hai. Aa ja hamari yagya mein, tu jo sab jaanta hai. Apne dushmanon ko maar ke, khana aur saman le aa jo unke liye hai.
Mantra 10
अग्ने॒ शर्ध॑ मह॒ते सौभ॑गाय॒ तव॑ द्यु॒म्नान्यु॑त्त॒मानि॑ सन्तु । सं जा॑स्प॒त्यं सु॒यम॒मा कृ॑णुष्व शत्रूय॒ताम॒भि ति॑ष्ठा॒ महां॑सि
Agni, humein bada bhagya de. Teri chamak sabse upar honi chahiye. Ghar ko theek se chala, sab theek rakh. Dushman logon ke saamne khada reh, tu bada balwan hai.
Mantra 11
सू॒य॒व॒साद् भग॑वती॒ हि भू॒या अधा॑ व॒यं भग॑वन्तः स्याम । अ॒द्धि तृण॑मघ्न्ये विश्व॒दानीं॒ पिब॑ शु॒द्धमु॑द॒कमा॒चर॑न्ती
Hey gaye, acche charagon se khao aur bhagwan tumhe aur accha kare. Hum bhi bhagwan ki kripa se acche ho jayein. Tu ghaas khaya kar, saara din. Saaf paani piya kar, aazaadi se ghoomti raho.
For paustika aims: increasing milk supply, protecting and strengthening cattle, and drawing bhaga (good fortune) into the household through a dawn-aligned recitation and offering-practice.
Savitar represents right timing and successful forward movement, while Dawn marks renewal and visible auspiciousness. The hymn ties milk’s abundance to that cosmic order—so daily milking becomes ritually ‘well-led’ and prosperous.
Not necessarily. The hymn can be applied in a household way during milking and blessing the cow’s pasture and water; the gharma/heated-offering imagery represents intensifying and consecrating nourishment, but the core intent is cattle and milk prosperity.
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