Atharva Veda 4.38.1: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 38, Mantra 1
Sukta 38
वाजिनीवान् ऋषभः। उ॒द्भि॒न्द॒तीं सं॒जय॑न्तीमप्स॒रां सा॑धुदे॒विनी॑म्। ग्लहे॑ कृ॒तानि॑ कृण्वा॒नाम॑प्स॒रां तामि॒ह हु॑वे
vājinī́vān ṛṣabháḥ | udbhindatī́ṃ saṃjáyantīm apsaráṃ sā́dhudevínīm | gláhe kṛtā́ni kṛṇvāná̄m apsaráṃ tā́m ihá huvḗ ||
The Bull, victorious in onset: the Apsaras, the kindly goddess, who bursteth through and maketh men to conquer—her, who in the wager fashioneth the ‘made’ successes, her do I invoke hither.
यह बैल जो जीतने वाला है। मैं एक देवी को बुला रहा हूँ, अप्सरा, जो अच्छी है और जीत कराती है। वो जो शर्त में जीत बनाती है, उसको मैं यहाँ बुला रहा हूँ।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective in many AV charms; transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa authority)
Devata: Apsaras (auspicious, ‘sādhudevinī’), with an associated ‘ṛṣabha’ (bull/consort-force)
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with Atharvanic prose-verse flexibility
Primary: vira
Secondary: adbhuta
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