Mantra 18

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋतूनां च वै स आर्तवानां च लोकानां च लौक्यानां च मासानां चार्धमासानां चाहोरात्रयोश्च प्रियं धाम भवति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

ṛtū́nāṃ ca vái sá ārtavā́nāṃ ca ló́kānāṃ ca laukyā́nāṃ ca mā́sānāṃ cārdhamāsā́nāṃ cā́horātráyoś ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Verily he becomes the beloved seat of the Seasons and the Seasonal divisions; of the Worlds and the Worldly realms; of the Months and the Half-months, and of Day-and-Night—who thus hath knowledge.

Word by Word

ऋतूनाम्of the seasons

चand

वैindeed

सःhe/that (one)

आर्तवानाम्of the seasonal times/periods

चand

लोकानाम्of the worlds

चand

लौक्यानाम्of the worldly (worlds)

चand

मासानाम्of the months

चand

अर्धमासानाम्of the half-months (fortnights)

चand

अहोरात्रयोःof day-and-night (of the two: day and night)

चand

प्रियम्dear, beloved

धामabode; seat; splendor

भवतिbecomes

यःwho

एवम्thus, in this way

वेदknows

Attribution

Rishi: As per AV 15.6 anukramaṇī tradition (to be checked).

Devata: Kāla / Ṛtu and the ordered cosmos (loka).

Chandas: Didactic refrain in prose-like Atharvanic register.

Mantra Rasa

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