Atharva Veda 6.128.4: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 128, Mantra 4

Sukta 128

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो नो॑ भद्रा॒हमक॑रः सा॒यं नक्त॒मथो॒ दिवा॑ । तस्मै॑ ते नक्षत्रराज॒ शक॑धूम॒ सदा॒ नमः॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.128.4

IAST Transliteration

yó no bhadrā́ham ákaroḥ sāyáṃ náktam átho dívā | tásmai te nákṣatra-rājan śakadhū́ma sadā́ námaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou who hast made for us a lucky day, at eve, at night, and also by day—to thee, O King of the Nakṣatras, O Śakadhūma, be homage evermore.

Translation

Tu que nos fizeste um dia de bom presságio, ao entardecer, à noite e também de dia — a ti, ó Rei das Nakṣatras, ó Śakadhūma, homenagem para sempre.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → नः

• भद्राणि: auspicious (things), blessings
• भद्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अकरः: you made / you did
• अकरः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय)

• नक्तम्: at night
• नक्तम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नक्तम् (अव्यय)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात)

• दिवा: by day / in daytime
• दिवा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय; दिव्/द्यौ-सम्बद्ध)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• ते: your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

• नक्षत्रराज: O king of the stars
• नक्षत्रराज: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: नक्षत्र-राजन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• शकधूम: O smoke of dung-fuel (epithet)
• शकधूम: —
• Type: Noun (vocative/epithet)
• Root: शक-धूम (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)

Devata: Nakṣatra-rājan (Śakadhūma)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna