Atharvaveda 6.128
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.128
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.128.1
śakadhū́maṃ nákṣatrāṇi yád rā́jānam ákurvata |
bhadrāhám asmai prā́yachan idáṃ rāṣṭrám ásād íti ||1||
When the asterisms made the çakadhū́ma their king, they bestowed on him auspicious (bhadrá-) day, saying "This shall be [his] royalty."
6.128.2
bhadrāháṃ no madhyáṃdine bhadrāháṃ sāyám astu naḥ |
bhadrāháṃ no áhnāṃ prātā́ rā́trī bhadrāhám astu naḥ ||2||
Auspicious day ours at noon, auspicious day be ours at evening, auspicious day ours in the morning of the days; be night auspicious day for us.
6.128.3
ahorātrā́bhyāṃ nákṣatrebhyaḥ suryācandramásābhyām |
bhadrāhám asmábhyaṃ rājan chákadhūma tváṃ kr̥dhi ||3||
From day-and-night, from the asterisms, from sun-and-moon, do thou, O king çakadhū́ma, make auspicious day for us.
6.128.4
yó no bhadrāhám ákaraḥ sāyáṃ náktam atho dívā |
tásmai te nakṣatrarāja śákadhūma sádā námaḥ ||4||
Thou who hast made auspicious day for us at evening, by night, also by day—to thee as such, O çakadhū́ma, king of the asterisms, [be] always homage.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (6)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Svastivācanamantra — Sanskrit