Atharva Veda 20.127.1: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 127, Mantra 1
Sukta 127
खिलानि । इ॒दं जना॒ उप॑ श्रुत॒ नरा॒शंस॒ स्तवि॑ष्यते । ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रा॑ नव॒तिं च॑ कौरम॒ आ रु॒शमे॑षु दद्महे
idáṃ jánā́ úpa śruta nárāśáṃsa staviṣyate | ṣaṣṭíṃ sahásrā́ navatíṃ ca kaurám ā́ rúśam éṣu dadmahe ||
Hear this, ye people, draw nigh and hearken: Nārāśaṃsa shall be lauded. Sixty thousand, and ninety more, a Kuru-gift—unto Rúśa, among these, we bestow it.
सुन्नो लोगों, नज़दीक आओ। नरशंस की बड़ाई होगी। साथ हज़ार लोग, और नाइंटी और। यह कुरु का तोहफ़ा है। रुस लोगों को यह देंगे।
Rishi: Khila/Anukramaṇī tradition uncertain; Book 20 often assigns Ṛgvedic attributions; here treated as ancillary laud-verse.
Devata: Nārāśaṃsa (personified praise; sometimes linked with Agni/ritual laudation)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as in many RV-style laud verses; exact metrical diagnosis uncertain without full pada-count verification)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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