Atharva Veda 4.39.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 39, Mantra 7
Sukta 39
दि॒क्षु च॒न्द्राय॒ सम॑नम॒न्त्स आ॑र्ध्नोत्। यथा॑ दि॒क्षु च॒न्द्राय॑ स॒मन॑मन्ने॒वा मह्यं॑ सं॒नमः॒ सं न॑मन्तु
díkṣu candrā́ya sám anamant sá ā́rdhnot | yáthā díkṣu candrā́ya sám anamann evá máhyaṁ saṁnámaḥ sáṁ namantu
In the quarters they bowed together to Candra; thereby he attained success. As in the quarters they bowed to Candra, so, even thus, let acts of homage bow together unto me.
In den Himmelsrichtungen verneigten sie sich gemeinsam vor Candra; dadurch erlangte er Gelingen. Wie sie in den Himmelsrichtungen vor Candra sich verneigten, so mögen auch mir die Huldigungen sich zusammen neigen, mögen sie sich gemeinsam verneigen.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (edition-dependent).
Devata: Candra (Moon) and the Dik-deities (quarters).
Chandas: Mixed; anuṣṭubh-like with Atharvanic prose cadence.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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