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Mantra 1

Sukta 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पशुपोषणम्। एकैकयैषा सृष्ट्या सं बभूव यत्र गा असृजन्त भूतकृतो विश्वरूपाः । यत्र विजायते यमिन्यपर्तुः सा पशून् क्षिणाति रिफती रुशती

IAST Transliteration

paśupoṣaṇám | ékaikayā́ ’ṣā́ sṛ́ṣṭyā sáṃ babhūva yátra gā́ asṛ́janta bhūtákṛto viśvárūpāḥ | yátra vijā́yate yamínī apártūḥ sā́ paśū́n kṣiṇāti rifatī́ ruśátī ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Cattle-nourishment. By each single act of creation hath she come wholly into being, there where the All-formed Makers of beings brought forth the kine. Where Yaminī is born, out of due season, there she wasteth the cattle—Rifatī, Ruśatī.

Word by Word

पशुपोषणम्nourishing/maintenance of cattle

एकैकयाwith each single (one), one by one

एषाthis (she/this one)

सृष्ट्याby/with (her) creation, by the act of creating

सम्together, completely

बभूवbecame, came to be

यत्रwhere

गाःcows, cattle

असृजन्तthey created, they let loose/produced

भूतकृतःcreators of beings; makers of creatures

विश्व-रूपाःof all forms, manifold-formed

यत्रwhere

विजायतेis born, comes forth

यमिनीnight

अपर्तुःwithout season/without proper time; unseasonal

साshe/that (one)

पशून्cattle, animals

क्षिणातिdestroys, wastes away

रिफतीinjuring, harming

रुशतीshining; (also) burning/fiery

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the input)

Devata: Paśu-poṣaṇa power; negatively marked devatā/agents: Yaminī, Rifatī, Ruśatī (as afflictions)

Chandas: Mixed; likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like segments (requires full metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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