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Atharvaveda 8.9.1

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.9.1

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Sanskrit

8.9.1

kútas táu jātáu katamáḥ só árdhaḥ kásmāl lokā́t katamásyāḥ pr̥thivyā́ḥ |
vatsáu virā́jaḥ salilā́d úd aitāṃ táu tvā pr̥chāmi kataréṇa dugdhā́ ||1||

Whence [were] those two born? which side (árdha) was that? out of what world? out of which earth? the two young (vatsá) of the virā́j rose out of the sea (salilá); of those I ask thee: by whether [of them was] she milked?

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

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