Atharvaveda 20.130

20.130.1

kó arya bahulímā íṣūni ||1||

Who carried off these stores of milk? Who took the dark cow's milk away?

20.130.2

kó asidyā́ḥ páyaḥ ||2||

20.130.3

kó árjunyāḥ páyaḥ ||3||

Who took away the white cow's milk t Who took the black cow's milk away?

20.130.4

káḥ kārṣṇyā́ḥ páyaḥ ||4||

20.130.5

etáṃ pr̥cha kúhaṃ pr̥cha ||5||

Question this man, Where do I ask? Where, whom that knoweth do I ask?

20.130.6

kúhākaṃ pakvakáṃ pr̥cha ||6||

20.130.7

yávāno yatiṣvábhiḥ kubhiḥ ||7||

Not to the belly comes the grain. The patient ones are angry now.

20.130.8

ákupyantaḥ kúpāyakuḥ ||8||

20.130.9

ā́maṇako máṇatsakaḥ ||9||

Undecked with gems, and decked with gems: deity rivalling the Sun.

20.130.10

déva tvapratisūrya ||10||

20.130.11

énaścipaṅktikā́ havíḥ ||11||

Dapple, Harinikā, and Bay ran forward to the liberal gifts.

20.130.12

prádúdrudo mághāprati ||12||

20.130.13

śŕ̥ṅga utpanna ||13||

When the horn's blast hath sounded forth let not our friend discover thee.

20.130.14

mā́ tvābhi sákhā no vidan ||14||

20.130.15

vaśā́yāḥ putrám ā́ yanti ||15||

Hither to the cow's son they come. Libation hath rejoiced the God.

20.130.16

írāvedumáyaṃ data ||16||

20.130.17

átho iyánníyann íti ||17||

Then cried they. Here he is, and, Here; again the cry was,
Here is he.

20.130.18

átho iyánníti ||18||

20.130.19

átho śvā́ ásthiro bhavan ||19||

Then not defective be our steeds! A splinter so diminutive!

20.130.20

uyáṃ yakā́ṃśalokakā́ ||20||