Mantra 30
Sukta 4
कोशं दुहन्ति कलशं चतुर्बिलमिडां धेनुं मधुमतीं स्वस्तये । ऊर्जं मदन्तीमदितिं जनेष्वग्ने मा हिंसीः परमे व्योऽमन्
kóśaṃ duhanti kalaśáṃ catúrbilam iḍā́ṃ dhenúṃ mádhumatīṃ svastáye | ū́rjaṃ mádantīm áditim janéṣv agne mā́ hiṃsīḥ paramé vyòman |
They milk the pail, the jar, the four-holed vessel—Nourishment, the honeyed Cow—for welfare; the strength that gladdens, Aditi among the peoples. O Agni, harm thou not in the highest heaven.
Rishi: Hymn-level attribution per anukramaṇī (Atharvanic funerary tradition).
Devata: Agni (with Iḍā/Aditi as abundance powers).
Chandas: Mixed; first line longer (jagatī-like), second line shorter; requires editional metrical analysis.
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