Sukta 24
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for this prosperity hymn; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type seer)
Devata: Dhānya/Annasaṁpatti (personified abundance); also implicit Prajāpati/Br̥haspati-style prosperity agency
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4×8, with Atharvanic flexibility)
Mantras
Mantra 1
समृद्घि-प्राप्तिः। पय॑स्वती॒रोष॑धयः॒ पय॑स्वन्माम॒कं वचः॑ । अथो॒ पय॑स्वतीना॒मा भ॑रे॒ऽहं स॑हस्र॒शः
Ye milk-rich Herbs; milk-rich be my proper speech. Yea, of the milk-rich (store) I bring unto myself a thousandfold.
Mantra 2
वेदा॒हं पय॑स्वन्तं च॒का॑र धा॒न्यं ऽ ब॒हु। सं॒भृत्वा॒ नाम॒ यो दे॒वस्तं व॒यं ह॑वामहे॒ योयो॒ अय॑ज्वनो गृ॒हे
I know the (Power) that hath made the grain milk-rich and abundant. Having gathered (it), that God—him we invoke—who (wins it) even in the house of him that sacrificeth not.
Mantra 3
इ॒मा याः पञ्च॑ प्र॒दिशो॑ मान॒वीः पञ्च॑ कृ॒ष्टयः॑ । वृ॒ष्टे शापं॑ न॒दीरि॑वे॒ह स्फा॒तिं समा॑वहान्
These—what five directions are human, what five peoples (dwell therein)—as rivers (sweep) a curse away by rain: hither bring thou, wholly, increase and thriving.
Mantra 4
उदुत्सं॑ श॒तधा॑रं स॒हस्र॑धार॒मक्षि॑तम्। ए॒वास्माके॒दं धा॒न्यं ऽ स॒हस्र॑धार॒मक्षि॑तम्
Up let the well-spring rise, a hundred-streamed, a thousand-streamed, undwindling. Even so be this our grain, a thousand-streamed, undwindling.
Mantra 5
शत॑हस्त स॒माह॑र॒ सह॑स्रहस्त॒ सं कि॑र । कृ॒तस्य॑ का॒र्यऽस्य चे॒ह स्फा॒तिं स॒माव॑ह
O hundred-handed, gather in; O thousand-handed, heap together. Of what is won and what remains to do, bring hither increase, even here.
Mantra 6
ति॒स्रो मात्रा॑ गन्ध॒र्वाणां॒ चत॑स्रो गृ॒हप॑त्न्याः । तासां॒ या स्फा॑ति॒मत्त॑मा॒ तया॑ त्वा॒भि मृ॑शामसि
Three are the measures of the Gandharvas, four the measures of the House-Mistresses. With that which is richest in increase—therewith we touch thee over.
Mantra 7
उ॒पो॒हश्च॑ समू॒हश्च॑ क्ष॒त्तारौ॑ ते प्रजापते । तावि॒हा व॑हतां स्फा॒तिं ब॒हुं भू॒मान॒मक्षि॑तम्
Upoh and Samūh are thy two stewards, O Prajāpati: let them bring hither increase—much, full, undwindling.
Frequently Asked Questions
For increasing and stabilizing grain supplies—both stored grain and ongoing yield—so that provisions become plentiful and do not dwindle (akṣiti).
The spring is a ritual image of continuous, renewing flow. By stating “as the spring rises in a thousand streams, so be our grain,” the mantra transfers that inexhaustibility to the household’s food supply.
They are personified functions—like stewards of supply and aggregation—placed under Prajāpati’s authority, invoked to ‘bring in’ increase and consolidate it into stable abundance.
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