Atharva Veda 13.2.13: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 13
Sukta 2
उ॒भावन्तौ॒ सम॑र्षसि व॒त्सः सं॑मा॒तरा॑विव । न॒न्वे॒३तदि॒तः पु॒रा ब्रह्म॑ दे॒वा अ॒मी वि॑दुः
ubhā́vantau sám arṣasi vatsáḥ sámmā́tarāv iva | nánv etád itáḥ purā́ bráhma devā́ amī́ viduḥ ||
To both the helping ones thou runnest together, like a calf unto its two mothers. Surely this sacred lore from hence of old those very Gods have known.
汝は助ける二者のもとへ、ひとつに寄り添って駆ける。子牛が二頭の母へ走り寄るように。まことに、古よりここにあるこのブラフマン（brahman、聖なる言葉・知）は、かの神々がすでに知っていた。
Rishi: As per AV 13 solar hymn tradition; r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī.
Devata: Sūrya in relation to Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (the ‘two mothers’).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
Primary: shanta
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