Atharva Veda 5.6.3: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 3
Sukta 6
स॒हस्र॑धार ए॒व ते सम॑स्वरन् दि॒वो नाके॒ मधु॑जिह्वा अस॒श्चतः॑ । तस्य॒ स्पशो॒ न नि मि॑षन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः प॒देप॑दे पा॒शिनः॑ सन्ति॒ सेत॑वे
sahásradhāra evá te sám asvaran divó nā́ke mádhujihvā asáścataḥ | tásya spáśo ná ní míṣanti bhū́rṇayaḥ padépadé pā́śinaḥ santi sétave
Thousand-streamed, verily, for thee they have sounded forth together in the heavenly vault—honey-tongued, unfailing. Of him the watchers wink not at all: the whirling guardians, noose-bearing, stand at every step to guard the passage.
आसमान में एक चीज़ है जिससे हज़ारों धारें निकलती हैं। वो मीठी ज़ुबान वाली है और कभी खत्म नहीं होती। उसके रक्षक आँख नहीं मारती, वो हर कदम पर पहरे में खड़े हैं।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgiras-type attribution (hymn-level tradition; verse-specific r̥ṣi not isolated here).
Devata: Protective guardians (spáśaḥ), noose-bearers; broadly the apotropaic divine retinue.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence typical of this style)
Primary: vira
Secondary: bhayankara
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