Atharva Veda Sukta 71
Kanda 19Anuvaka 8Sukta 711 Mantras

Sukta 71

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; r̥ṣi uncertain)

Devata: Vedamātā (Vāc/Śruti), Pāvamānī (Purifier), and Brahman (as locus: brahmaloka)

Chandas: Mixed; late Atharvanic triṣṭubh/jagatī-like expansions with enumerative cadence

ຄຳສັບສອງສຽງນີ້ສັນລະສະເຫຼີມພະເວດດາມາຕາ, ພະເວດຈະເວດຕິຍ໌ ຫຼື ສະຫຼູຕິ ເປັນພະມານີຜູ້ກຳເນີດພະລັງງານເວດ, ແລະ ເຊີນປາວະມານີ, ຄື ພະລັງຊຳຮົມບໍລິສຸທິ, ໃຫ້ຊຸກຍູ້ທວບິຊາໃຫ້ຈະເລີນຮຸ່ງເຮືອນ. ມັນອະທິຖາຂໍຄວາມຈະເລີນທຸກປະການ, ໄດ້ແກ່ ອາຍຸຍືນ ແລະ ລົມປານາ, ລູກຫຼານ ແລະ ສັດພາລິຫານ, ກຽດຕິສັງກຽດ ແລະ ຄວາມຮັ່ງມີ, ເຊິ່ງຈົບລົງດ້ວຍພະລັງພູມປັນຍາສັກກະລະ, ແລະ ປິດທ້າຍພອນໂດຍກຳຊີໃຫ້ພະລັງທີ່ອັດສະເີນນັ້ນ ໄປສູ່ພຣະຫຼວງພຣະພົມຫຼັບ ຫຼັງຈາກປະທານພອນແລ້ວ.

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.71

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Vedamātā is the Veda as Mother—Vāc/Śruti personified as the source of mantra-power, learning, and the distinctive radiance associated with Vedic life.

It asks for longevity and breath (āyus, prāṇa), family continuity (prajā), livelihood and resources (paśu, draviṇa), public honor (kīrti), and brahmavarcasa—sacral brilliance and authority grounded in Vedic purity.

That line functions as a ritual closure: after the blessing is granted, the invoked power is respectfully dismissed, sealing the effect and completing the act of invocation.

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