
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī varies)
Devata: Paurṇamāsī (Full-Moon)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Mantra 1
पूर्णिमा। पू॒र्णा प॒श्चादु॒त पू॒र्णा पु॒रस्ता॒दुन्म॑ध्य॒तः पौ॑र्णमा॒सी जि॑गाय । तस्यां॑ दे॒वैः सं॒वस॑न्तो महि॒त्वा नाक॑स्य पृ॒ष्ठे समि॒षा म॑देम
Full-Moon: full behind and full before, yea full from the midst—Paurṇamāsī hath won the victory. In her, abiding with the Gods by her great might, upon the back of heaven with sacrificial fare may we rejoice.
Mantra 2
वृ॒ष॒भं वा॒जिनं॑ व॒यं पौ॑र्णमा॒सं य॑जामहे । स नो॑ ददा॒त्वक्षि॑तां र॒यिमनु॑पदस्वतीम्
The bull, the prize-winning, the Full-Moon we worship. Let him bestow on us imperishable riches, attended with gain at every step.
Mantra 3
प्रजा॑पते॒ न त्वदे॒तान्य॒न्यो विश्वा॑ रू॒पाणि॑ परि॒भूर्ज॑जान । यत् का॑मास्ते जुहु॒मस्तन्नो॑ अस्तु व॒यं स्या॑म॒ पत॑यो रयी॒णाम्
O Prajāpati, none other than thou, the all-surpassing, hath begotten all these forms. What desires to thee we offer, let that be ours: may we become the lords of riches.
Mantra 4
पौ॒र्ण॒मा॒सी प्र॑थ॒मा य॒ज्ञिया॑सी॒दह्नां॒ रात्री॑णामतिशर्व॒रेषु॑ । ये त्वां य॒ज्ञैर्य॑ज्ञिये अ॒र्धय॑न्त्य॒मी ते नाके॑ सु॒कृतः॒ प्रवि॑ष्टाः
Full-moon Night, first and meet for sacrifice, wast thou, amid the over-darkened nights of days. They who, O worthy of worship, by sacrifices make thee thrive—those very men, rich in merit, have entered heaven.
It seeks ‘fullness’—prosperity, successful offerings, and fulfilled aims—by honoring the Full-Moon as an auspicious power in which the Gods abide.
Prajāpati is invoked as the begetter of all forms, so desires offered in the rite are authorized by the creator’s sovereignty and return as wealth and success.
By reciting it at the Full-Moon with a simple food/oblation offering, keeping a clear intention, and treating the observance as an act that generates prosperity and merit.
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