Atharva Veda 3.20.8: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 8
Sukta 20
वाज॑स्य॒ नु प्र॑स॒वे सं ब॑भूविमे॒मा च॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नान्य॒न्तः । उ॒तादि॑त्सन्तं दापयतु प्रजा॒नन् र॒यिं च॑ नः॒ सर्व॑वीरं॒ नि य॑छ
vā́jasya nú prasavé sáṃ babhūv imémā́ ca víśvā bhúvanāny antáḥ | utā́dit sántam dāpayatu prajā́nann rayíṃ ca naḥ sárvavīraṃ ní yaccha
Now, at the impulse of gain, it hath come wholly to pass—these here, and all the worlds within. Yea, even one that already hath, let the knowing one cause to give; and for us bestow wealth, firm-set, all-heroed.
Nun, auf den Anstoß des Gewinns, ist es ganz zustande gekommen — dies hier und alle Welten darin. Ja, selbst den, der schon besitzt, lasse der Wissende zum Geben bewegen; und uns gewähre festgesetzten Reichtum, allheldenhaft.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa stream (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Prosperity/Impulsion (prasava; often Savitar implicitly) and the ‘knowing one’ (prājānan—interpretable as Bṛhaspati/Savitar/king)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like expansion (AV mixed; longer pādas than strict anuṣṭubh)
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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