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Atharvaveda 12.4.10

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12.4.10

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12.4.10

jā́yamānābhí jāyate devā́nt sábrāhmaṇān vaśā́ |
tásmād brahmábhyo déyaiṣā́ tád āhuḥ svásya gópanam ||10||

When being born, the cow (vaçā́) is born for (abhí) the gods together with the Brahmans; therefore she is to be given to the priests (brahmán); that people call the guarding (gópana) of one's possessions.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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