Sukta 1
यच्च वर्चो अक्षेषु सुरायां च यदाहितम्। यद् गोष्वश्विना वर्चस्तेनेमां वर्चसावतम्
yác ca várcó akṣéṣu surā́yāṃ ca yád āhítam | yád góṣv aśvínā várcas ténémāṃ várcasāvatam ||
What splendour is in the dice, and what is laid up in the surā; what splendour is in the cows, in the horses—therewith endow this woman with splendour.
Rishi: Atharvanic (Vivāha-kāṇḍa).
Devata: Varchas (as an abstract power); implicitly the social loci (akṣa, surā, go/aśva).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (shorter, 2-line structure).
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