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Atharvaveda 8.10.22

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.10.22

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8.10.22

sód akrāmat sā́surān ā́gachat tā́m ásurā úpāhvayanta mā́ya éhī́ti |
tásyā virócanaḥ prā́hrādir vatsá ā́sīd ayaspātráṃ pā́tram |
tā́ṃ dvímūrdhārtvyò 'dhok tā́ṃ māyā́m evā́dhok ||
tā́ṃ māyā́m ásurā úpa jīvanty upajīvanī́yo bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||22||

She ascended; she came to the Asuras; the Asuras called to her: O illusion (māyā́), come! of her Virochana son of Prahrāda was young (vatsá), the metal-(áyas-)vessel [was] vessel; her Dvimūrdhan son of Ṛitu milked; from her he milked illusion; that illusion the Asuras subsist upon; one to be subsisted on becometh he who knoweth thus.

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

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