Atharva Veda 9.5.32: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 32
Sukta 5
यो वै कु॒र्वन्तं॒ नाम॒र्तुं वेद॑ । कु॒र्व॒तींकु॑र्वतीमे॒वाप्रि॑यस्य॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य॒ श्रिय॒मा द॑त्ते । ए॒ष वै कु॒र्वन्नाम॒र्तुर्यद॒जः पञ्चौ॑दनः । निरे॒वाप्रि॑यस्य॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य॒ श्रियं॑ दहति॒ भव॑त्या॒त्मना॑। यो॒३जं पञ्चौ॑दनं॒ दक्षि॑नाज्योतिषं॒ ददा॑ति
yó vái kurvántaṃ nā́ma ṛtúṃ véda | kurvatī́ṃ kurvatīm evā́priyasya bhrā́tṛvyasya śríyam ā́ datte | eṣá vái kurván nā́ma ṛtúr yád ajáḥ pañcáudanáḥ | nír evā́priyasya bhrā́tṛvyasya śríyaṃ dahati bhávāty ātmánā | yó ’jáṃ pañcáudanáṃ dákṣiṇā-jyótiṣaṃ dádāti
Whoso, in sooth, knoweth by name the season called Kurvant, he draweth unto himself—yea, the very Kurvatī— the splendour of the unfriendly rival. This, verily, is the season Kurvant, to wit, the goat with the fivefold rice-porridge. He burneth clean away the rival’s splendour and maketh it his own, even he who bestoweth the goat and the fivefold porridge, a gift made luminous by the priestly fee.
Quiconque, en vérité, connaît par son nom la saison appelée Kurvant — il attire à lui, oui, Kurvatī elle-même, l’éclat du rival malveillant. Car voici vraiment Kurvant: le bouc et la bouillie de riz en cinq parts (pañcaudana). Il brûle jusqu’au bout l’éclat du rival et se l’approprie — lui qui offre le bouc et le pañcaudana en dakṣiṇā, en don, sous la lumière du rite.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa (needs anukramaṇī confirmation).
Devata: Ṛtu (Kurvant/Kurvatī aspect); Śrī as object of transfer.
Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like mantra-prose; metrical confirmation needed.
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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