Sukta 21
गावो॒ भगो॒ गाव॒ इन्द्रो॑ म इच्छा॒द् गावः॒ सोम॑स्य प्रथ॒मस्य॑ भ॒क्षः । इ॒मा या गावः॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्र॑ इ॒च्छामि॑ हृ॒दा मन॑सा चि॒दिन्द्र॑म्
gā́vo bhágo gā́va índro mā́m icchād gā́vaḥ sómasya prathamásya bhakṣáḥ | imā́ yā́ gā́vaḥ sá jánāsa índra icchā́mi hṛdā́ mánasā cit índrám
Cows are Bhaga; cows—Indra—may desire me; cows are the foremost portion of Soma. These cows which (are mine to win)—he is Indra among men: Indra I desire, with heart, with mind—yea, Indra.
牛即是福神(Bhaga);牛即是因陀罗(Indra)——愿牛来恋慕我;牛是苏摩(Soma)最先、最上之分。此诸牛(我所当得者)——在人间他即因陀罗:我以心、以意志渴求因陀罗——唯因陀罗。
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Indra; Bhaga (subsidiary); Cows as prosperity-form
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Primary: shringara
Secondary: adbhuta
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