Atharvaveda · Sūkta 8.11

8.11.8

सोदक्रामत्सान्तरिक्षे चतुर्धा विक्रान्तातिष्ठत् ॥ ८.११.८ ॥

She rose upward and, spread fourfold in the midspace, remained standing.

तां देवमनुष्या अब्रुवन्न् इयमेव तद्वेद यदुभय उपजीवेमेमामुप ह्वयामहा इति ॥ ८.११.९ ॥

Gods and humans said to her: 'She alone knows that by which both may live; let us call her.'

तामुपाह्वयन्त ॥ ८.११.१० ॥

They called upon her.

ऊर्ज एहि स्वध एहि सूनृत एहीरावत्येहीति ॥ ८.११.११ ॥

'Come, Ūrj! Come, Svadhā! Come, Sūnṛtā! Come, Irāvatī!' Thus.

तस्या इन्द्रो वत्स आसीद्गायत्र्यभिधान्यभ्रमूधः ॥ ८.११.१२ ॥

Indra was her calf; the Gāyatrī was her milk-vessel; the cloud was her udder.

बृहच्च रथंतरं च द्वौ स्तनावास्तां यज्ञायज्ञियं च वामदेव्यं च द्वौ ॥ ८.११.१३ ॥

Bṛhat and Rathaṃtara were two teats; Yajñāyajñīya and Vāmadevya were two more.

ओषधीरेव रथंतरेण देवा अदुह्रन् व्यचो बृहता ॥ ८.११.१४ ॥

The gods milked the herbs indeed with the Rathaṃtara, and expanse with the Bṛhat.

अपो वामदेव्येन यज्ञं यज्ञायज्ञियेन ॥ ८.११.१५ ॥

The waters with the Vāmadevya, and the sacrifice with the Yajñāyajñīya.

ओषधीरेवास्मै रथंतरं दुहे व्यचो बृहत् ॥ ८.११.१६ ॥

For him the Rathaṃtara indeed yields the herbs, and the Bṛhat the expanse.

अपो वामदेव्यं यज्ञं यज्ञायज्ञियं य वेद ॥ ८.११.१७ ॥

For him who knows the Vāmadevya, the sacrifice, and the Yajñāyajñīya, the waters are milked.