Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book XV/Paryaya 16

16. Paryāya the sixteenth.

[saptaka. 1, 3. sāmny uṣṇih; 2, 4, 5. prājāpatyo ’ṣṇih; 6. yājuṣī triṣṭubh; 7. āsurī gāyatrī.]

⌊The metrical definitions of the Anukr. imply in every verse the inclusion of the words yo ‘sya (pronounced as yo asya), and the reading of apānaḥ as 3 syllables.—As noted at p. 771, end, SPP. puts each time before yo ‘sya the words tásya vrā́tyasya with an avasāna-mark.⌋

In this hymn, the mss. in general omit at the beginning both yó and asya, while in 15 and 17 they omit only yó. Some, however, have asya here also (so K.; R. yó asya throughout).

Translated: Aufrecht, Ind. Stud. i. 137; Griffith, ii. 198.

1. His expiration that is first, that is the day of full moon.

2. His expiration that is second, that is the day of the moon's quarter (áṣṭakā).

3. His expiration that is third, that is the day of new moon.

4. His expiration that is fourth, that is faith.

5. His expiration that is fifth, that is consecration.

6. His expiration that is sixth, that is sacrifice.

7. His expiration that is seventh, that is these sacrificial gifts.

⌊Bloomfield, AJP. xvii. 411, makes some observations on the word çraddhā, vs. 4.⌋