Atharva Veda 5.11.2: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 2
Sukta 11
न कामे॑न॒ पुन॑र्मघो भवामि॒ सं च॑क्षे॒ कं पृश्नि॑मे॒तामुपा॑जे । केन॒ नु त्वम॑थर्व॑न् काव्ये॑न॒ केन॑ जा॒तेना॑सि जा॒तवे॑दाः
ná kāméná púnarmagho bhavāmi sáṃ cakṣe káṃ pṛ́śnim etā́m upā́je | kéna nú tvám athárvan kāvyéna kéna jāténāsi jātávedāḥ ||
Not by desire alone, O ever-bounteous, do I attain: I clearly behold Ka; I approach this Pṛśni. By what, indeed, O Atharvan—by what poetic craft, by what birth—art thou Jātavedas?
Não é só pelo desejo, ó sempre-generoso, que eu alcanço: claramente vejo Ka; a esta Pṛśni me aproximo. Por que, então, ó Atharvan — por que arte poética (kāvya), por que nascimento — és Jātavedas?
Rishi: Not specified in the input
Devata: Agni as Jātavedas; also Ka (as sacrificial ‘Who’)
Chandas: Not specified in the input
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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