Atharva Veda 6.36.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 2
Sukta 36
स विश्वा॑ प्रति॑ चाक्लृप ऋ॒तूंरुत् सृ॑जते व॒शी। य॒ज्ञस्य॒ वय॑ उत्ति॒रन्
sá víśvā práti cāklṛpa ṛtū́m̐r út sṛ́jate vaśī́ | yajñásya váya uttiráṇ
He, the controller, hath set in order all things in due response; in accord with Ṛta he sendeth forth the seasons, having borne the Sacrifice’s vital strength across (to its fulfilment).
ท่านผู้อยู่เหนือการควบคุมทั้งปวง ได้จัดวางสรรพสิ่งให้เข้าที่ตามควร; ตาม ṛta (ระเบียบอันเที่ยงธรรมแห่งจักรวาล) ท่านทรงส่งฤดูกาลทั้งหลายออกไป และทรงอุ้มชูพลังชีวิตของยัญญะให้ข้ามไปสู่ความสำเร็จสมบูรณ์.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī lists)
Devata: Agni / the ordering power aligned with Ṛta (contextually linked with Kāma in 6.36.3)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; pāda-structure suggests anuṣṭubh cadence)
Primary: shanta
Sāyaṇa takes the subject as the presiding power (commonly Agni in this cluster), ‘vaśī’ as the one who constrains and directs; ‘ṛtūn’ are not merely seasons but the ritually proper divisions of time. ‘uttiráṇ’ is read as ‘carrying the yajña’s vayas (vital efficacy) over obstacles,’ i.e., ensuring completion and fruit.
To stabilize ritual order and ensure successful completion and fruit of the sacrifice by aligning time (ṛtu) with ṛta.
Indirect: supports dinacaryā/ṛtucaryā logic—health through alignment with daily/seasonal rhythms.
Behavioral rhythm regulation: routines, circadian hygiene, seasonal adjustment to reduce stress and improve functioning.
paustika
Household ritual, agricultural/seasonal planning, any prosperity endeavor.
Stabilize order and timing so the rite/undertaking reaches fulfillment with vigor intact.
Declarative cosmic-assertion (satyavacana style): stating the ordering of all things in ṛta to effect alignment.
Mistiming, chaos, loss of momentum, failed outcomes.
Ritual success, seasonal prosperity, continuity of resources.
A controlling power sets all things in order; in accord with ṛta it sends forth the seasons, having carried the sacrifice’s vital strength across to fulfillment.
The mantra affirms that inner and outer life become workable when time is rightly ordered: rhythms (seasons) must align with truth/order (ṛta). Psychologically, it is a stabilization formula for scattered effort—carrying one’s ‘vayaḥ’ (vital momentum) across obstacles to completion.
Prosperity depends on right timing and alignment with order: when actions match underlying law (ṛta), cycles become supportive and endeavors reach fruition.
- ऋत (ṛta)
- integrity-principle; alignment of action with reality
- ऋतून् (ṛtūn)
- rhythms/cycles—biological, social, ritual timing
- वशी (vaśī)
- regulative intelligence; governance of impulses and processes
- यज्ञ (yajña)
- any structured transformative undertaking
- वयः (vayaḥ)
- life-momentum that ‘carries across’ to completion
- उत्तिरन् (uttiran)
- successful passage through uncertainty to fulfillment
Align personal rhythms with ṛta; cultivate disciplined governance (vaśitva) over time and energy.
Maṇipūra (will/organization)
Equal breathing (sama-vṛtti) to embody rhythmic order.
Steady, structured attention.
Recite 8 times, then list (mentally) the ‘seasons’ of your day/week; resolve one action that restores right timing.
Declarative recitation with even pitch; let ‘ṛtūn…ṛt’ be crisply articulated to foreground order.
Hold a slight caesura after ‘vaśī’ and before ‘yajñasya’ to mark transition from cosmic ordering to ritual fruition.
चाक्लृपः (cāklṛpaḥ): cluster klṛ; keep ṛ vocalic, ऋतून् (ṛtūn): vocalic ṛ; long ū, वशी (vaśī): ś clear, long ī, उत्तिरन् (uttiran): double t; dental n
Clear, steady, matter-of-fact (ritual ‘ordering’ tone).
Best paired with a simple act of ordering (straightening altar space, arranging offerings) to enact the mantra’s thesis.
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Starting a project, seasonal transition, household instability due to poor routines.
At beginnings—new season, new month, before a homa, before planning work.
Improved sense of timing, steadier progress, fewer disruptions from disorder.
पदच्छेदः: सः | विश्वाः | प्रति | चाक्लृपे | ऋतून् | उत् | सृजते | वशी | यज्ञस्य | वयः | उत्तिरन् । Sandhi: (1) स + विश्वाः → सः विश्वाः (विसर्ग-सन्धिः). (2) ऋतूंरुत् in saṃhitā resolves as ऋतून् + उत् (न् + उ → नु; nasalization/lengthening in Vedic recitation). (3) No further mandatory external sandhi; accent marks are Vedic and do not change segmentation.
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