Atharva Veda 9.5.31: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 31
Sukta 5
यो वै नैदा॑घं॒ नाम॒र्तुं वेद॑ । ए॒ष वै नैदा॑घो॒ नाम॒र्तुर्यद॒जः पञ्चौ॑दनः । निरे॒वाप्रि॑यस्य॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य॒ श्रियं॑ दहति॒ भव॑त्या॒त्मना॑ । यो॒३जं पञ्चौ॑दनं॒ दक्षि॑णाज्योतिषं॒ ददा॑ति
yó vái naidā́ghaṃ nā́ma ṛtúṃ véda | eṣá vái naidā́gho nā́ma ṛtúr yád ajáḥ pañcáudanáḥ | nír evā́priyasya bhrā́tṛvyasya śríyaṃ dahati bhávāty ātmánā | yó ’jáṃ pañcáudanáṃ dákṣiṇā-jyótiṣaṃ dádāti
Whoso, in sooth, knoweth the season called Naidāgha by its name—this, verily, is the season Naidāgha, to wit, the goat with the fivefold rice-porridge—he burneth clean away the splendour of the unfriendly rival, and maketh it his own; even he who bestoweth the goat, the fivefold porridge, as a gift whose light is the priestly fee.
जो इंसान नैदाघ नाम का समय जानता है, वो अपने दुश्मन की चमक को जला देता है और खुद ले लेता है। यह समय बकरे और पाँच किस्म के चावल से बने खीर का है। जो यह दान देता है, उसकी चमक बढ़ जाती है।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for AVŚ 9.5 requires padānukramaṇī confirmation).
Devata: Ṛtu (Season) as personified power; secondarily Śrī as transferable potency.
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like brāhmaṇa-style anuṣṭubh tendency; exact metrical tagging requires pada-count verification.
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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