Atharva Veda 8.2.22: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 22
Sukta 2
श॒रदे॑ त्वा हेम॒न्ताय॑ वस॒न्ताय॑ ग्री॒ष्माय॒ परि॑ दद्मसि । व॒र्षाणि॒ तुभ्यं॑ स्यो॒नानि॒ येषु॒ वर्ध॑न्त॒ ओष॑धीः
śaráde tvā hemantā́ya vasantā́ya grīṣmā́ya pári dadmasi | varṣā́ṇi túbhyaṃ syōnā́ni yéṣu várdhante óṣadhīḥ
To Autumn thee, to Winter, to the Spring, to Summer do we wholly commit. Years, kindly and benign, be thine—those in which the healing plants wax and prosper.
शरदि त्वा हेमन्ताय वसन्ताय ग्रीष्माय च परि दद्मसि। वर्षाणि तुभ्यं स्योनानि भवन्तु, येषु ओषधयः वर्धन्ते समृद्ध्यन्ते च।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Āyusya hymn-cycle).
Devata: Kāla/Ṛtu-order implicitly; Oṣadhīs as healing agents (personified).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic seasonal formula).
Primary: shanta
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