Atharva Veda 9.5.35: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 35
Sukta 5
यो वा उ॒द्यन्तं॒ नाम॒र्तुं वेद॑ । उ॒द्य॒तीमु॑द्यतीमे॒वाप्रि॑यस्य॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य॒ श्रिय॒मा द॑त्ते । ए॒ष वा उ॒द्यन्न्नाम॒र्तुर्यद॒जः पञ्चौ॑दनः । निरे॒वाप्रि॑यस्य॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य॒ श्रियं॑ दहति॒ भव॑त्या॒त्मना॑। यो॒३जं पञ्चौ॑दनं॒ दक्षि॑णाज्योतिषं ददा॑ति
yó vā́ udyántaṃ nā́ma ṛtúṃ véda | udyatī́m udyatīm evā́priyasya bhrā́tṛvyasya śríyam ā́ datte | eṣá vā́ udyán nā́ma ṛtúr yád ajáḥ pañcáudanáḥ | nír evā́priyasya bhrā́tṛvyasya śríyaṃ dahati bhávāty ātmánā | yó ’jáṃ pañcáudanáṃ dákṣiṇā-jyótiṣaṃ dádāti
Whoso, verily, knoweth by name the season called Udyant, he draweth unto himself—yea, the very Udyatī— the splendour of the unfriendly rival. This, verily, is the season Udyant, to wit, the goat with the fivefold rice-porridge. He burneth clean away the rival’s splendour and maketh it his own, even he who bestoweth the goat and the fivefold porridge, made luminous by the priestly fee.
यो वा उ॒द्यन्तं॒ नाम॒र्तुं वेद॑, स उ॒द्य॒तीमु॑द्यतीमे॒वाप्रि॑यस्य॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य॒ श्रिय॒मा द॑त्ते। ए॒ष वा उ॒द्यन्न्नाम॒र्तुर्यद॒जः पञ्चौ॑दनः। निरे॒वाप्रि॑यस्य॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य॒ श्रियं॑ दहति, भव॑त्या॒त्मना॑—यो॒३जं पञ्चौ॑दनं॒ दक्षि॑णाज्योतिषं ददा॑ति।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa (needs anukramaṇī confirmation).
Devata: Ṛtu (Udyant/Udyatī); Śrī.
Chandas: Ritual-prose style; meter uncertain.
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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