Atharva Veda 20.128.7: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 128, Mantra 7
Sukta 128
य आ॒क्ताक्षः॑ सुभ्य॒क्तः सुम॑णिः॒ सुहि॑र॒ण्यवः॑ । सुब्र॑ह्मा॒ ब्रह्म॑णः पु॒त्रस्तो॒ता कल्पे॑षु सं॒मिता॑
yá āktākṣáḥ subhyaktáḥ sumaṇíḥ suhiraṇyaváḥ | subráhmā bráhmaṇaḥ putráḥ totā kálpeṣu saṃmítā ||
He whose eyes are duly anointed, well-smeared, possessed of a good amulet, and furnished with good gold; a good brahman, the Brahman’s son—Tota, in the ritual ordinances, is rightly measured and set.
هو الذي عُيِّنت عيناه بالدهن على الوجه اللائق، ومُسِح مسحًا حسنًا؛ ذو تميمةٍ صالحة، ومزوَّدٍ بذهبٍ حسن؛ براهمنٌ صالح، ابنُ البراهمن—توتا، في أحكام الطقوس، مُقَدَّرٌ ومُثَبَّتٌ على وجه الصواب.
Rishi: Uncertain/late compilation layer (Book 20); treated as traditional Atharvanic transmission rather than a single early ṛṣi attribution.
Devata: Auspicious qualities personified; effectively the empowered human subject (Tota) under brahmanic potency.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV style; refrain-driven).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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