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Atharvaveda 4.1.2

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.1.2

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Sanskrit

4.1.2

iyáṃ pítryā rā́ṣṭry etv ágre prathamā́ya janúṣe bhuvaneṣṭhā́ḥ |
tásmā etáṃ surúcaṃ hvārám ahyaṃ gharmáṃ śrīṇantu prathamā́ya dhāsyáve ||2||

Let this queen of the Fathers (? pítrya) go in the beginning (ágre) for the first birth (janús; race?), standing in the creation; for it (him?) have I sent (hi) this well-shining sinuous one (? hvārá); let them mix (çrī; boil?) the hot drink for the first thirsty one (? dhāsyú).

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

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