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Atharvaveda 6.49.1

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.49.1

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6.49.1

nahí te agne tanvàḥ krūrám ānáṃśa mártyaḥ |
kapír babhasti téjanaṃ sváṃ jarā́yu gáur iva ||1||

Surely no mortal, O Agni, hath attained the cruelty of thy self (tanū́). The ape gnaws (bhas) the shaft (téjana), as a cow her own after-birth.

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

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