Atharva Veda 11.3.95: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 95
Sukta 3
४०॥ तत॑श्चैनम॒न्येनोर॑सा॒ प्राशी॒र्येन॑ चै॒तं पूर्व॒ ऋष॑यः॒ प्राश्न॑न्
tátas caínam anyénórasā prāśī́r yéna ca etáṃ pū́rva ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan
Thereafter with another breast thou didst cause him to partake, even with that whereby the ancient Seers partook of this same.
फिर दूसरे सीने से तुमने उसे खिलाया। वही सीना जिससे पुराने रिशि भी खाते थे।
Rishi: Ṛṣi-tradition invoked collectively (pūrvā ṛṣayaḥ); specific seer not explicit in this verse-fragment.
Devata: Not explicit; efficacy grounded in ṛṣi-precedent and the charged act (karman).
Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-like Atharvanic diction (not a regular metrical pāda in this fragmentary citation).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: karuna
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