Atharva Veda 9.10.26: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 26
Sukta 10
त्रयः॑ के॒शिन॑ ऋतु॒था वि च॑क्षते संवत्स॒रे व॑पत॒ एक॑ एषाम्। विश्व॑म॒न्यो अ॑भि॒चष्टे॒ शची॑भि॒र्ध्राजि॒रेक॑स्य ददृशे॒ न रू॒पम्
tráyaḥ́ keśína ṛtuthā́ ví cakṣate saṃvatsaré vapata éka eṣām | víśvam anyó abhí caṣṭe śácībhir dhrājír ékasya dadṛśe ná rūpám ||
Three are the long-haired Powers who, season by season, are seen apart; within the year one of them sheareth (his hair). Another, with efficacious might, looketh forth upon the All; the flashing splendour of one is seen—yet not his form.
तीन लोग हैं जिनके बाल लंबे हैं। रितु के हिसाब से अलग-अलग दिखते हैं। साल में एक बार एक आदमी का बाल कटता है। दूसरा आदमी अपनी शक्ति से सब कुछ देखता है। तीसरे आदमी की चमक दिखती है लेकिन उसका चेहरा नहीं दिखता।
Rishi: Traditionally associated with Vāk/Brāhmaṇa-style revelation (attribution varies in ancillary lists for this hymn).
Devata: Occult cosmic powers; implicitly Vāk/ṛta-governed agencies.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted; metrical exactness varies with recension).
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Atharva Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.