Atharvaveda 4.15.11

4.15.11

prajā́patiḥ salilā́d ā́ samudrā́d ā́pa īráyann udadhím ardayāti |
prá pyāyatāṃ vŕ̥ṣṇo áśvasya réto 'rvā́n eténa stanayitnúnéhi ||11||

May Prajāpati from the sea, the ocean, sending waters, excite the water-holder; let the seed of the stallion (vṛ́ṣan áçva) be filled up; come hitherward with that thunder,—
To this verse really belongs the first pāda of our vs. 12, as the sense plainly shows, as well as its association in RV. (v. 83. 6 b, c, d) with the two closing pādas here. ⌊Cf. Lanman, Reader, p. 370; misdivision as between hymns.⌋ But the mss., the Anukr., the comm., and both editions, end vs. 11 with é ’hi. RV. reads in our c pinvata for pyāyatām, and dhā́rās for rétas. Ppp. combines in b āp’ īrayann, and begins c with prā py-. The comm. gives viṣṭos instead of vṛṣṇas in c, and explains both it and salilād in a by vyāpanaçīla, which is one of his standing glosses for obscure words; ardayāti he paraphrases with raçmibhir ādānena pīḑayatu, and udadhim simply by jaladhim. This verse is as much bhurij as vs. 10, unless we combine ā́pe ”ráyan in b. ⌊For -núnéhi, see Prāt. iii. 38, note.⌋