Atharva Veda 6.129.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 129, Mantra 3
Sukta 129
यो अ॒न्धो यः पु॑नःस॒रो भगो॑ वृ॒क्षेष्वाहि॑तः । तेन॑ मा भ॒गिनं॑ कृ॒ण्वप॑ द्रा॒न्त्वरा॑तयः
yó andhó yáḥ punar-saráḥ bhágo vṛkṣeṣv āhítaḥ | téna mā bhagínaṃ kṛṇv ápa drā́ntu arā́tayaḥ ||
Bhaga who is hidden, who returns again, who is lodged within the trees—by that make me fortunate: let the ill-wishers flee away.
Bhaga, el oculto, el que vuelve de nuevo, el que mora en los árboles—por él hazme afortunado (con mi parte); que huyan los malquerientes.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)
Devata: Bhaga (immanent in trees)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
Sāyaṇa emphasizes Bhaga’s subtlety (andha = unseen) and cyclic return (punar-sara), and his immanence in vegetation (vṛkṣeṣu āhitaḥ). The charm thus ‘draws out’ a stored prosperity from the plant-world into the patron, while simultaneously driving away arātis who would intercept the share.
To attract recurring, even hidden prosperity from the vegetative realm and repel hostile claimants.
Resilience framing; coping with financial uncertainty; reducing rumination by ritualizing ‘cyclical return’ of opportunity.
paustika
Self (fortune) and rivals/ill-wishers (expulsion).
Attract hidden/cyclic prosperity from the vegetative realm and repel ill-wishers.
Immanentization (Bhaga in trees) + cyclic epithet (punaḥsara) + refrain expulsion; likely paired with wood/amulet handling.
Envy, obstruction, discouragement during ‘low cycles’.
Sustained luck, recurring income/opportunity, household stability.
Invokes Bhaga as ‘hidden’ and ‘returning again,’ lodged within trees; asks that power to make the speaker fortunate and to drive away ill-wishers.
Addresses intermittent/latent luck: prosperity may be concealed or cyclic; the mantra trains patience and receptivity to recurring opportunity while defending against discouragement and sabotage.
Fortune is often subterranean and seasonal; what is ‘hidden’ can return when conditions mature—if one stays rooted and protected from corrosive influences.
- andha
- latent potential, unrecognized resources, concealed opportunity
- punaḥsara
- cyclical renewal, resilience, recurring chances
- vṛkṣeṣu āhitaḥ
- immanent abundance in nature; prosperity stored in living systems
- bhaginam kṛṇu
- self-repatterning toward receptivity and confidence
- arātayaḥ
- inner doubt and outer envy that interrupt cycles of gain
Contemplate ‘hidden resources’: scan memory and environment for overlooked supports; cultivate trust in cyclic renewal.
mūlādhāra (rootedness)
Slow-meditative breathing; longer exhale on ‘punaḥsara’ to embody return and continuity.
Visualize golden light inside a tree trunk moving into your spine as steady support; exhale a gray mist outward on ‘apa drāntu’.
Rooted, patient, receptive.
Chant 27 times weekly near a tree; follow with one concrete action to ‘meet the returning fortune’ (application, call, budgeting step).
Gentle, steady recitation; slight emphasis on the epithet triad (andho / punaḥsara / vṛkṣeṣvāhitaḥ).
Keep the descriptive pādas smooth; make the operative request ‘tena mā…’ clear; end with crisp expulsion phrase.
andhaḥ: keep ‘dh’ aspirated, punaḥsaraḥ: articulate visarga before ‘s’ lightly, vṛkṣeṣu: clear kṣ cluster
Low, grounded, calming; firm only at the end.
This verse is well-suited to ‘seasonal’ repetition—using the cyclical epithet as the core operative idea.
27
Recovering after loss/setback; rebuilding savings; waiting for delayed results.
When luck feels ‘blocked’ or invisible; at the start of a new cycle/attempt.
Patience, steadiness, renewed initiative; reduced fear of scarcity; sense of protection from envy.
Do not substitute for practical effort; avoid paranoia about ‘ill-wishers’—treat arāti also as inner doubt.
पदच्छेदः (सम्भाव्यः): यः | अन्धः | यः | पुनःसरः | भगः | वृक्षेषु | आहितः || तेन | मा | भगिनम् | कृणु | अप | द्रान्तु | अरातयः । 1) पु॑नःस॒रो → पुनःसरः (विसर्ग-सन्धिः; ‘पुनः’ + ‘सरः’ इति समास/समुच्चय-रूपेण). 2) वृ॒क्षेष्वाहि॑तः → वृक्षेषु + आहितः (उकारान्त ‘-षु’ + ‘आ-’ इत्यत्र ‘ष्वा’ संधि-रूपम्). 3) कृ॒ण्वप॑ → कृणु + अप (उकारान्त क्रियापदस्य परे ‘अप’ इत्यत्र संधि-लोप/विकल्पः; पाठे ‘कृण्वप’). 4) द्रा॒न्त्वरा॑तयः → द्रान्तु + अरातयः (उकारान्त ‘-तु’ + अकारादि ‘अ-’ इत्यत्र ‘त्व’ संधि-रूपम्).
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