Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book XV/Paryaya 8

8. Paryāya the eighth.

[trika. 1. sāmny uṣṇih; 2. prājāpatyā ’nuṣṭubh; 3. ārcī pan̄kti.]

Translated: Aufrecht, Ind. Stud. i. 134; Griffith, ii. 192.

1. He became impassioned (raj); thence was born the noble (rājanyà).

Both elided initial a's need to be restored in order to fill out the metrical description of the Anukr.

2. He arose toward (abhi॰) the tribes (víç), the kinsmen, food, food-eating.

Half the mss. (Bp.Bs.p.m.E.O.D.K.) omit ánnam; the metrical definition of the Anukr. implies its presence.

3. Verily both of the tribes and of the kinsmen and of food and of food-eating doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.