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Atharvaveda 5.19.4

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.19.4

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5.19.4

brahmagavī́ pacyámānā yā́vat sā́bhí vijáṅgahe |
téjo rāṣṭrásya nír hanti ná vīró jāyate vŕ̥ṣā ||4||

The Brahman's cow, being cooked, as far as she penetrates (?), smites out the brightness (téjas) of a kingdom; no virile (vṛ́ṣan) hero is born [there].

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

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