Sukta 128
यद् भ॒द्रस्य॒ पुरु॑षस्य पु॒त्रो भ॑वति दाधृ॒षिः । तद् वि॒प्रो अब्र॑वीदु॒ तद् ग॑न्ध॒र्वः काम्यं॒ वचः॑
yád bhadrásya púruṣasya putró bhávati dādhṛṣíḥ | tád vipró ábravīd u tád gandharváḥ kā́myaṁ vácaḥ ||
When to a prosperous man a son is born, of dauntless spirit—this the inspired priest hath verily proclaimed; this is the Gandharva’s desirable word.
यदा भद्रस्य पुरुषस्य दाधृषिः पुत्रो भवति, तदा विप्रोऽब्रवीत्—तद् गन्धर्वस्य काम्यं वचः।
Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (AV 20 supplement); specific ṛṣi uncertain in AV ancillary tradition for this sukta.
Devata: Gandharva (explicit), and implicitly the power of Vāc (sacral speech).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Primary: shringara
Secondary: adbhuta
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