Sukta 2
सा ते॑ काम दुहि॒ता धे॒नुरु॑च्यते॒ यामा॒हुर्वाचं॑ क॒वयो॑ वि॒राज॑म्। तया॑ स॒पत्ना॑न् परि॑ वृङ्ग्धि॒ ये मम॒ पर्ये॑नान् प्रा॒णः प॒शवो॒ जीव॑नं वृणक्तु
sā́ te kāma duhitā́ dhénur ucyate yā́m ā́hur vā́caṃ kaváyo virā́jam | táyā sapatnā́n pári vṛṅgdhi yé máma páry enān prāṇáḥ páśavo jī́vanaṃ vṛṇaktu ||
That daughter of thine, O Kāma, is called the Milch-cow—her whom the poets call Speech, the radiant Virāj. With her strip away the rivals who encompass me; and may breath, cattle, and life choose and win these for me.
Wahai Kāma, puterimu itu disebut lembu perah—dialah yang oleh para kavi disebut Vāc (Ucapan), Virāj yang bercahaya. Dengan dia, lucutkanlah para seteru yang mengepungku; dan semoga prāṇa (nafas-hayat), ternakan, dan kehidupan memilih serta memenangkan semuanya itu bagiku.
Rishi: Atharvanic transmission (Kāma-cycle)
Devata: Kāma; Vāc/Virāj as his ‘daughter’ and operative power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with Atharvanic flexibility)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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