Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 12 — Chapter 4

AV 12 4.1

ददामीत्य् एव ब्रूयाद् अनु चैनाम् अभुत्सत । वशां ब्रह्मभ्यो याचद्भ्यस् तत् प्रजावद् अपत्यवत्

dadāmīty eva brūyād anu cainām abhutsata | vaśāṃ brahmabhyo yācadbhyas tat prajāvad apatyavat

He should say just this, 'I give'—and they have marked her out: the cow for the brahmans who ask; that (brings) offspring, that (brings) progeny.

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AV 12 4.2

प्रजया स वि क्रीणीते पशुभिश् चोप दस्यति । य आर्षेयेभ्यो याचद्भ्यो देवानां गां न दित्सति

prajayā sa vi krīṇīte paśubhiś copa dasyati | ya ārṣeyebhyo yācadbhyo devānāṃ gāṃ na ditsati

He barters (himself) away with his offspring and runs short of cattle, who does not wish to give the gods' cow to the descendants of seers who ask.

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AV 12 4.3

कूटयास्य सं शीर्यन्ते श्लोणया काटम् अर्दति । बण्डया दह्यन्ते गृहाः काणया दीयते स्वम्

kūṭayāsya saṃ śīryante śloṇayā kāṭam ardati | baṇḍayā dahyante gṛhāḥ kāṇayā dīyate svam

Through a hornless cow his (possessions) crumble; through a lame one he falls into a pit; through a maimed one the houses burn; through a one-eyed one his property is lost.

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AV 12 4.4

विलोहितो अधिष्ठानाच् छक्नो विन्दति गोपतिम् । तथा वशायाः संविद्यं दुरदभ्ना ह्य् उच्यसे

vilohito adhiṣṭhānāc chakno vindati gopatim | tathā vaśāyāḥ saṃvidyaṃ duradabhnā hy ucyase

From treading on her dung the (disease) vilohita finds the owner of the cattle; such is the lore of the vaśā, for you are called "hard to deceive."

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AV 12 4.5

पदोर् अस्या अधिष्ठानाद् विक्लिन्दुर् नाम विन्दति । अनामनात् सं शीर्यन्ते या मुखेनोपजिघ्रति

pador asyā adhiṣṭhānād viklindur nāma vindati | anāmanāt saṃ śīryante yā mukhenopajighrati

From treading on her feet the (affliction) called viklindu finds (him); they are shattered by the nameless (disease), (she) who sniffs at (them) with her mouth.

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AV 12 4.6

यो अस्याः कर्णाव् आस्कुनोत्य् आ स देवेषु वृश्चते । लक्ष्म कुर्व इति मन्यते कनीयः कृणुते स्वम्

yo asyāḥ karṇāv āskunoty ā sa deveṣu vṛścate | lakṣma kurva iti manyate kanīyaḥ kṛṇute svam

He who cuts her ears is cut off from among the gods; he thinks, "I am making a mark," (but) he makes his own property less.

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AV 12 4.7

यद् अस्याः कस्मै चिद् भोगाय बालान् कश् चित् प्रकृन्तति । ततः किशोरा म्रियन्ते वत्सांश् च घातुको वृकः

yad asyāḥ kasmai cid bhogāya bālān kaś cit prakṛntati | tataḥ kiśorā mriyante vatsāṃś ca ghātuko vṛkaḥ

When someone cuts off her tail-hairs for some use of his, thereupon the colts die and the wolf becomes a killer of the calves.

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AV 12 4.8

यद् अस्या गोपतौ सत्या लोम ध्वाङ्क्षो अजीहिडत् । ततः कुमारा म्रियन्ते यक्ष्मो विन्दत्य् अनामनात्

yad asyā gopatau satyā loma dhvāṅkṣo ajīhiḍat | tataḥ kumārā mriyante yakṣmo vindaty anāmanāt

When, while she is with her cattle-owner, a crow has torn at her hair, thereupon the boys die, and consumption finds (them) from the nameless (disease).

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AV 12 4.9

यद् अस्याः पल्पूलनं शकृद् दासी समस्यति । ततो ऽपरूपं जायते तस्माद् अव्येष्यद् एनसः

yad asyāḥ palpūlanaṃ śakṛd dāsī samasyati | tato 'parūpaṃ jāyate tasmād avyeṣyad enasaḥ

When a slave-woman gathers up her dung for the lye-wash, from that a deformity is born; therefore he would not get free of the guilt.

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AV 12 4.10

जायमानाभि जायते देवान्त् सब्राह्मणान् वशा । तस्माद् ब्रह्मभ्यो देयैषा तद् आहुः स्वस्य गोपनम्

jāyamānābhi jāyate devānt sabrāhmaṇān vaśā | tasmād brahmabhyo deyaiṣā tad āhuḥ svasya gopanam

As she is born, the vaśā is born for the gods along with the brahmans; therefore she is to be given to the brahmans — that, they say, is the guarding of one's own.

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AV 12 4.11

य एनां वनिम् आयन्ति तेषां देवकृता वशा । ब्रह्मज्येयं तद् अब्रुवन् य एनां निप्रियायते

ya enāṃ vanim āyanti teṣāṃ devakṛtā vaśā | brahmajyeyaṃ tad abruvan ya enāṃ nipriyāyate

Those who come to beg for her — theirs is the vaśā, made (so) by the gods; they called it an oppression of the brahman, whoever keeps her for his own delight.

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AV 12 4.12

य आर्षेयेभ्यो याचद्भ्यो देवानां गां न दित्सति । आ स देवेषु वृश्चते ब्राह्मणानां च मन्यवे

ya ārṣeyebhyo yācadbhyo devānāṃ gāṃ na ditsati | ā sa deveṣu vṛścate brāhmaṇānāṃ ca manyave

He who will not give the gods' cow to those of ṛṣi descent when they ask, he is cut off from among the gods and (falls) into the wrath of the brahmans.

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AV 12 4.13

यो अस्य स्याद् वशाभोगो अन्याम् इछेत तर्हि सः । हिंस्ते अदत्ता पुरुषं याचितां च न दित्सति

yo asya syād vaśābhogo anyām icheta tarhi saḥ | hiṃste adattā puruṣaṃ yācitāṃ ca na ditsati

Whoever would have the use of the vaśā, let him then seek another one; she, when not given, harms the man, if he will not give her when she is asked for.

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AV 12 4.14

यथा शेवधिर् निहितो ब्राह्मणानां तथा वशा । ताम् एतद् अछायन्ति यस्मिन् कस्मिंश् च जायते

yathā śevadhir nihito brāhmaṇānāṃ tathā vaśā | tām etad achāyanti yasmin kasmiṃś ca jāyate

As a treasure laid down for the brahmans, so is the vaśā; they come for her, in whosesoever (house) she is born.

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AV 12 4.15

स्वम् एतद् अछायन्ति यद् वशां ब्राह्मणा अभि । यथैनान् अन्यस्मिन् जिनीयाद् एवास्या निरोधनम्

svam etad achāyanti yad vaśāṃ brāhmaṇā abhi | yathainān anyasmin jinīyād evāsyā nirodhanam

It is their own that the brahmans come for, when (they come) for the vaśā; the withholding of her from them is just as if one should rob them of something else.

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AV 12 4.16

चरेद् एवा त्रैहायणाद् अविज्ञातगदा सती । वशां च विद्यान् नारद ब्राह्मणास् तर्ह्य् एष्याः

cared evā traihāyaṇād avijñātagadā satī | vaśāṃ ca vidyān nārada brāhmaṇās tarhy eṣyāḥ

Let her roam on from her third year, being one whose speech is not understood; and let one recognize the vaśā, O Nārada — then she is to be gone after by the brahmans.

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AV 12 4.17

य एनाम् अवशाम् आह देवानां निहितं निधिम् । उभौ तस्मै भवाशर्वौ परिक्रम्येषुम् अस्यतः

ya enām avaśām āha devānāṃ nihitaṃ nidhim | ubhau tasmai bhavāśarvau parikramyeṣum asyataḥ

He who says of her that she is no vaśā, (she) the deposited treasure of the gods — at him both Bhava and Śarva, circling round, let fly an arrow.

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AV 12 4.18

यो अस्या ऊधो न वेदाथो अस्या स्तनान् उत । उभयेनैवास्मै दुहे दातुं चेद् अशकद् वशाम्

yo asyā ūdho na vedātho asyā stanān uta | ubhayenaivāsmai duhe dātuṃ ced aśakad vaśām

He who does not know her udder, nor her teats either — for him she yields with both, if he has been able to give the vaśā away.

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AV 12 4.19

दुरदभ्नैनम् आ शये याचितां च न दित्सति । नास्मै कामाः सम् ऋध्यन्ते याम् अदत्त्वा चिकीर्षति

duradabhnainam ā śaye yācitāṃ ca na ditsati | nāsmai kāmāḥ sam ṛdhyante yām adattvā cikīrṣati

Hard to deceive, she lies upon him who will not give her when she is asked for; his desires are not fulfilled — (the things) he wishes to do without giving her.

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AV 12 4.20

देवा वशाम् अयाचन् मुखं कृत्वा ब्राह्मणम् । तेषां सर्वेषाम् अददद् धेडं न्य् एति मानुषः

devā vaśām ayācan mukhaṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇam | teṣāṃ sarveṣām adadad dheḍaṃ ny eti mānuṣaḥ

The gods begged for the vaśā, making the brahman their mouth; the man who does not give incurs the anger of them all.

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AV 12 4.21

हेडं पशूनां न्य् एति ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ऽददद् वशाम् । देवानां निहितं भागं मर्त्यश् चेन् निप्रियायते

heḍaṃ paśūnāṃ ny eti brāhmaṇebhyo 'dadad vaśām | devānāṃ nihitaṃ bhāgaṃ martyaś cen nipriyāyate

He incurs the anger of the cattle, not giving the vaśā to the brahmans, if a mortal keeps for his own pleasure the portion laid down for the gods.

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AV 12 4.22

यद् अन्ये शतं याचेयुर् ब्राह्मणा गोपतिं वशाम् । अथैनां देवा अब्रुवन्न् एवं ह विदुषो वशा

yad anye śataṃ yāceyur brāhmaṇā gopatiṃ vaśām | athaināṃ devā abruvann evaṃ ha viduṣo vaśā

Though a hundred other brahmans should beg the cattle-owner for the vaśā, yet the gods have said of her: the vaśā belongs to him who knows thus.

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AV 12 4.23

य एवं विदुषे ऽदत्त्वाथान्येभ्यो ददद् वशाम् । दुर्गा तस्मा अधिष्ठाने पृथिवी सहदेवता

ya evaṃ viduṣe 'dattvāthānyebhyo dadad vaśām | durgā tasmā adhiṣṭhāne pṛthivī sahadevatā

He who, not having given to one who knows thus, then gives the vaśā to others — for him the earth, together with the gods, is hard to tread at his standing-place.

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AV 12 4.24

देवा वशाम् अयाचन् यस्मिन्न् अग्रे अजायत । ताम् एतां विद्यान् नारदः सह देवैर् उद् आजत

devā vaśām ayācan yasminn agre ajāyata | tām etāṃ vidyān nāradaḥ saha devair ud ājata

The gods asked for the vaśā (barren cow) at the time when she was first born. Let one know her to be this very one whom Nārada, together with the gods, drove up.

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AV 12 4.25

अनपत्यम् अल्पपशुं वशा कृणोति पूरुषम् । ब्राह्मणैश् च याचिताम् अथैनां निप्रियायते

anapatyam alpapaśuṃ vaśā kṛṇoti pūruṣam | brāhmaṇaiś ca yācitām athaināṃ nipriyāyate

The vaśā makes a man childless and poor in cattle, when she has been asked for by brahmans and he then holds her dear (for himself).

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AV 12 4.26

अग्नीषोमाभ्यां कामाय मित्राय वरुणाय च । तेभ्यो याचन्ति ब्राह्मणास् तेष्व् आ वृश्चते ऽददत्

agnīṣomābhyāṃ kāmāya mitrāya varuṇāya ca | tebhyo yācanti brāhmaṇās teṣv ā vṛścate 'dadat

For Agni and Soma, for Kāma, for Mitra and for Varuṇa — for these the brahmans ask (her); not giving, he is cut off from them.

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AV 12 4.27

यावद् अस्या गोपतिर् नोपशृणुयाद् ऋचः स्वयम् । चरेद् अस्य तावद् गोषु नास्य श्रुत्वा गृहे वसेत्

yāvad asyā gopatir nopaśṛṇuyād ṛcaḥ svayam | cared asya tāvad goṣu nāsya śrutvā gṛhe vaset

As long as her cattle-owner does not himself hear the verses (about her), so long let her go about among his cows; but once he has heard them, let her not dwell in his house.

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AV 12 4.28

यो अस्या ऋच उपश्रुत्याथ गोष्व् अचीचरत् । आयुश् च तस्य भूतिं च देवा वृश्चन्ति हीडिताः

yo asyā ṛca upaśrutyātha goṣv acīcarat | āyuś ca tasya bhūtiṃ ca devā vṛścanti hīḍitāḥ

Whoever, having heard her verses, then has her go about among his cows — of him the gods, being offended, cut off both his lifetime and his prosperity.

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AV 12 4.29

वशा चरन्ती बहुधा देवानां निहितो निधिः । आविष् कृणुष्व रूपाणि यदा स्थाम जिघांसति

vaśā carantī bahudhā devānāṃ nihito nidhiḥ | āviṣ kṛṇuṣva rūpāṇi yadā sthāma jighāṃsati

The vaśā, roaming in many places, is the deposited treasure of the gods. Make your forms manifest when (she) wishes to strike the station.

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AV 12 4.30

आविर् आत्मानं कृणुते यदा स्थाम जिघांसति । अथो ह ब्रह्मभ्यो वशा याञ्च्याय कृणुते मनः

āvir ātmānaṃ kṛṇute yadā sthāma jighāṃsati | atho ha brahmabhyo vaśā yāñcyāya kṛṇute manaḥ

She makes her self manifest when (she) wishes to strike the station; and then indeed the vaśā sets her mind on being asked for by the brahmans.

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AV 12 4.31

मनसा सं कल्पयति तद् देवाꣳ अपि गछति । ततो ह ब्रह्माणो वशाम् उपप्रयन्ति याचितुम्

manasā saṃ kalpayati tad devāṁ api gachati | tato ha brahmāṇo vaśām upaprayanti yācitum

She resolves it with her mind, and that reaches the gods; thereupon the brahmans come up to the vaśā to ask for her.

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AV 12 4.32

स्वधाकारेण पितृभ्यो यज्ञेन देवताभ्यः । दानेन राजन्यो वशाया मातुर् हेडम् न गछति

svadhākāreṇa pitṛbhyo yajñena devatābhyaḥ | dānena rājanyo vaśāyā mātur heḍam na gachati

By the utterance of svadhā for the Fathers, by sacrifice for the deities, by giving — the man of royal rank does not incur the anger of the vaśā, (his) mother.

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AV 12 4.33

वशा माता राजन्यस्य तथा संभूतम् अग्रशः । तस्या आहुर् अनर्पणं यद् ब्रह्मभ्यः प्रदीयते

vaśā mātā rājanyasya tathā saṃbhūtam agraśaḥ | tasyā āhur anarpaṇaṃ yad brahmabhyaḥ pradīyate

The vaśā is the mother of the man of royal rank; so it has come about from the beginning. They say that it is no surrender of her when she is given away to the brahmans.

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AV 12 4.34

यथाज्यं प्रगृहीतम् आलुम्पेत् स्रुचो अग्नये । एवा ह ब्रह्मभ्यो वशाम् अग्नय आ वृश्चते ऽददत्

yathājyaṃ pragṛhītam ālumpet sruco agnaye | evā ha brahmabhyo vaśām agnaya ā vṛścate 'dadat

As one might snatch away the ghee that has been taken up from the spoon for Agni, so, not giving the vaśā to the brahmans, one cuts oneself off from Agni.

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AV 12 4.35

पुरोडाशवत्सा सुदुघा लोके ऽस्मा उप तिष्ठति । सास्मै सर्वान् कामान् वशा प्रददुषे दुहे

puroḍāśavatsā sudughā loke 'smā upa tiṣṭhati | sāsmai sarvān kāmān vaśā pradaduṣe duhe

Having the sacrificial cake for her calf, good to milk, she stands ready for him in (yonder) world; that vaśā yields for him, who has given her away, all his desires.

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AV 12 4.36

सर्वान् कामान् यमराज्ये वशा प्रददुषे दुहे । अथाहुर् नारकं लोकं निरुन्धानस्य याचिताम्

sarvān kāmān yamarājye vaśā pradaduṣe duhe | athāhur nārakaṃ lokaṃ nirundhānasya yācitām

In Yama's kingdom the vaśā yields all desires for him who has given her away; but they say the world of hell (is) for him who withholds her when she has been asked for.

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AV 12 4.37

प्रवीयमाना चरति क्रुद्धा गोपतये वशा । वेहतं मा मन्यमानो मृत्योः पाशेषु बध्यताम्

pravīyamānā carati kruddhā gopataye vaśā | vehataṃ mā manyamāno mṛtyoḥ pāśeṣu badhyatām

Being impregnated, the vaśā goes about angry at her cattle-owner: thinking (her) barren, let him be bound in the fetters of death.

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AV 12 4.38

यो वेहतं मन्यमानो ऽमा च पचते वशाम् । अप्य् अस्य पुत्रान् पौत्रांश् च याचयते बृहस्पतिः

yo vehataṃ manyamāno 'mā ca pacate vaśām | apy asya putrān pautrāṃś ca yācayate bṛhaspatiḥ

Whoever, thinking her barren, cooks the vaśā at home — for him Bṛhaspati causes even his sons and grandsons to be begged for.

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AV 12 4.39

महद् एषाव तपति चरन्ती गोषु गौर् अपि । अथो ह गोपतये वशाददुषे विषं दुहे

mahad eṣāva tapati carantī goṣu gaur api | atho ha gopataye vaśādaduṣe viṣaṃ duhe

Greatly does she burn (him) down, roaming among the cows, a cow though she be; and indeed for the cattle-owner who has not given her away the vaśā yields poison.

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AV 12 4.40

प्रियं पशूनां भवति यद् ब्रह्मभ्यः प्रदीयते । अथो वशायास् तत् प्रियं यद् देवत्रा हविः स्यात्

priyaṃ paśūnāṃ bhavati yad brahmabhyaḥ pradīyate | atho vaśāyās tat priyaṃ yad devatrā haviḥ syāt

It is dear to the cattle, that which is given away to the brahmans; and that is dear to the vaśā, that she should be an oblation among the gods.

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AV 12 4.41

या वशा उदकल्पयन् देवा यज्ञाद् उदेत्य । तासां विलिप्त्यं भीमाम् उदाकुरुत नारदः

yā vaśā udakalpayan devā yajñād udetya | tāsāṃ viliptyaṃ bhīmām udākuruta nāradaḥ

Which vaśās the gods arranged, having come up from the sacrifice — of these Nārada declared the viliptī to be the terrible one.

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AV 12 4.42

तां देवा अमीमांसन्त वशेया३म् अवशेति । ताम् अब्रवीन् नारद एषा वशानां वशतमेति

tāṃ devā amīmāṃsanta vaśeyā3m avaśeti | tām abravīn nārada eṣā vaśānāṃ vaśatameti

The gods deliberated about her: "Is she a vaśā or not a vaśā?" Nārada said of her: "This is the most vaśā of vaśās."

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AV 12 4.43

कति नु वशा नारद यास् त्वं वेत्थ मनुष्यजाः । तास् त्वा पृछामि विद्वांसं कस्या नाश्नीयाद् अब्राह्मणः

kati nu vaśā nārada yās tvaṃ vettha manuṣyajāḥ | tās tvā pṛchāmi vidvāṃsaṃ kasyā nāśnīyād abrāhmaṇaḥ

How many vaśās are there now, Nārada, that you know, born among men? I ask you, who know them: of which one should a non-brahman not eat?

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AV 12 4.44

विलिप्त्या बृहस्पते या च सूतवशा वशा । तस्या नाश्नीयाद् अब्राह्मणो य आशंसेत भूत्याम्

viliptyā bṛhaspate yā ca sūtavaśā vaśā | tasyā nāśnīyād abrāhmaṇo ya āśaṃseta bhūtyām

The viliptī, O Bṛhaspati, and the cow that has calved — of her a non-Brāhmaṇa should not eat, (he) who would hope for prosperity.

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AV 12 4.45

नमस् ते अस्तु नारदानुष्ठु विदुषे वशा । कतमासां भीमतमा याम् अदत्त्वा पराभवेत्

namas te astu nāradānuṣṭhu viduṣe vaśā | katamāsāṃ bhīmatamā yām adattvā parābhavet

Homage be to you, Nārada! The cow (is) for one who knows (her) rightly. Which of these is the most terrible, (the one) which, by not giving, one would come to ruin?

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AV 12 4.46

विलिप्ती या बृहस्पते ऽथो सूतवशा वशा । तस्या नाश्नीयाद् अब्राह्मणो य आशंसेत भूत्याम्

viliptī yā bṛhaspate 'tho sūtavaśā vaśā | tasyā nāśnīyād abrāhmaṇo ya āśaṃseta bhūtyām

The viliptī, O Bṛhaspati, and also the cow that has calved — of her a non-Brāhmaṇa should not eat, (he) who would hope for prosperity.

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AV 12 4.47

त्रीणि वै वशाजातानि विलिप्ती सूतवशा वशा । ताः प्र यछेद् ब्रह्मभ्यः सो ऽनाव्रस्कः प्रजापतौ

trīṇi vai vaśājātāni viliptī sūtavaśā vaśā | tāḥ pra yached brahmabhyaḥ so 'nāvraskaḥ prajāpatau

There are indeed three kinds born of the cow: the viliptī, the calved cow, (and) the cow. Let him present these to the brahmans; so he is not cut off from Prajāpati.

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AV 12 4.48

एतद् वो ब्राह्मणा हविर् इति मन्वीत याचितः । वशां चेद् एनं याचेयुर् या भीमाददुषो गृहे

etad vo brāhmaṇā havir iti manvīta yācitaḥ | vaśāṃ ced enaṃ yāceyur yā bhīmādaduṣo gṛhe

"This oblation (is) for you, O Brāhmaṇas" — thus let him think when asked; if they should ask him for the cow, who is terrible in the house of the one who does not give.

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AV 12 4.49

देवा वशां पर्य् अवदन् न नो ऽदाद् इति हीडिताः । एताभिर् ऋग्भिर् भेदं तस्माद् वै स पराभवत्

devā vaśāṃ pary avadan na no 'dād iti hīḍitāḥ | etābhir ṛgbhir bhedaṃ tasmād vai sa parābhavat

The gods talked over the cow, angered, (saying) "He has not given (her) to us"; with these verses (they went) against Bheda — therefore indeed he came to ruin.

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AV 12 4.50

उतैनां भेदो नाददाद् वशाम् इन्द्रेण याचितः । तस्मात् तं देवा आगसो ऽवृश्चन्न् अहमुत्तरे

utaināṃ bhedo nādadād vaśām indreṇa yācitaḥ | tasmāt taṃ devā āgaso 'vṛścann ahamuttare

And Bheda did not give that cow, though asked by Indra; therefore the gods cut him off from (his) offence, (they) being superior.

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AV 12 4.51

ये वशाया अदानाय वदन्ति परिरापिणः । इन्द्रस्य मन्यवे जाल्मा आ वृश्चन्ते अचित्त्या

ye vaśāyā adānāya vadanti parirāpiṇaḥ | indrasya manyave jālmā ā vṛścante acittyā

Those babblers who speak for the not-giving of the cow — the wretches, through their thoughtlessness, are cut down by Indra's wrath.

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AV 12 4.52

ये गोपतिं पराणीयाथाहुर् मा ददा इति । रुद्रस्यास्तां ते हेतीं परि यन्त्य् अचित्त्या

ye gopatiṃ parāṇīyāthāhur mā dadā iti | rudrasyāstāṃ te hetīṃ pari yanty acittyā

Those who lead away the lord of cattle and then say "I will not give" — through their thoughtlessness they come round to Rudra's hurled missile.

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AV 12 4.53

यदि हुतं यद्य् अहुताम् अमा च पचते वशाम् । देवान्त् सब्राह्मणान् ऋत्वा जिह्मो लोकान् निर् ऋछति

yadi hutaṃ yady ahutām amā ca pacate vaśām | devānt sabrāhmaṇān ṛtvā jihmo lokān nir ṛchati

If he cooks the cow at home, whether offered (in sacrifice) or unoffered — having wronged the gods along with the Brāhmaṇas, crooked, he falls away from the worlds.

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