Atharva Veda 19.54.5: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 54, Mantra 5
Sukta 54
का॒लेऽयमङ्गि॑रा दे॒वोऽथ॑र्वा॒ चाधि॑ तिष्ठतः । इ॒मं च॑ लो॒कं प॑र॒मं च॑ लो॒कं पुण्यां॑श्च लो॒कान् विधृ॑तीश्च॒ पुण्याः॑ । सर्वां॑ल्लो॒कान॑भि॒जित्य॒ ब्रह्म॑णा का॒लः स ई॑यते पर॒मो नु दे॒वः
kālé ’yám aṅgírā devó ’tharvā́ cā́dhi tiṣṭhataḥ | imáṃ ca lokáṃ paramáṃ ca lokáṃ púṇyāṃś ca lokā́n vidhṛ́tīś ca púṇyāḥ | sárvāṃl lokā́n abhijítya bráhmaṇā kāláḥ sá ī́yate paramó nú deváḥ
In Time stand presiding this Angiras, the God, and Atharvan likewise. This world and the highest world, the holy worlds, and holy sustaining supports—having conquered all worlds by sacred power, Time moves onward: he, indeed, is the supreme God.
काल में अंगिरस और अथर्व भगवान बैठे हैं। यह दुनिया और ऊपर वाली दुनिया, सब पवित्र जगह, सब काल में है। सब दुनिया को जीत के, ब्रह्मा की शक्ति से, काल आगे बढ़ता है। वो सबसे बड़ा भगवान है।
Rishi: Ātharvaṇa (late speculative)
Devata: Kāla (Time); with priestly archetypes Angiras/Atharvan as subordinate presences
Chandas: Mixed/late Anuṣṭubh with extended pādas (late AV style)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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