Atharva Veda 9.5.36: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 36
Sukta 5
यो वा अ॑भि॒भुवं॒ नाम॒र्तुं वेद॑ । अ॒भि॒भव॑न्तीमभिभवन्तीमे॒वाप्रि॑यस्य भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य॒ श्रिय॒मा द॑त्ते । ए॒ष वा अ॑भि॒भूर्नाम॒र्तुर्यद॒जः पञ्चौ॑दनः । निरे॒वाप्रि॑यस्य॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य॒ श्रियं॑ दहति॒ भव॑त्या॒त्मना । यो॒३जं पञ्चौ॑दनं॒ दक्षि॑नाज्योतिषं॒ ददा॑ति
yó vā abhíbhúvaṃ nā́ma ṛtúṃ véda | abhíbhavantīm abhíbhavantīm evā́priyasya bhrā́tṛvyasya śríyam ā́ datte | eṣá vā abhíbhū́r nā́ma ṛtúr yád ajáḥ pañcáudanáḥ | nír evā́priyasya bhrā́tṛvyasya śríyaṃ dahati bhavátyā ātmánā | yó ’jáṃ pañcáudanáṃ dákṣiṇājyótiṣaṃ dádāti
Whoso knoweth the season by name, the Overpowerer,—even that overpowering Power,—he draweth unto himself the splendour of the unfriendly rival. This season verily is called the Overpowerer, namely the goat with the fivefold rice-porridge. It burneth clean away the splendour of the unfriendly rival, by its own inherent might, for him who bestoweth the goat and the fivefold porridge, made luminous with the priestly fee.
Wer die Jahreszeit (ṛtú) beim Namen kennt — den »Überwältiger«, ja diese überwältigende Macht —, der zieht den Glanz des unfreundlichen Nebenbuhlers an sich. Wahrlich, diese Jahreszeit heißt »Überwältiger«: der Bock und der fünffache Reisbrei (pañcaudana). Er verbrennt restlos den Glanz des unfreundlichen Nebenbuhlers; er wird zu seiner eigenen Kraft — bei dem, der den Bock und den pañcaudana darbringt, vom rechten Licht (dakṣiṇā-jyotis) erhellt.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Abhibhū (personified ṛtu/rite-power); indirectly Agni as the consuming agent in ‘dahati’
Chandas: Prose-yajus style (brāhmaṇa-like Atharvanic prose within Saṃhitā context)
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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