Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 128

AV 6 128.1

शकधूमं नक्षत्राणि यद् राजानम् अकुर्वत । भद्राहम् अस्मै प्रायछन् इदं राष्ट्रम् असाद् इति

śakadhūmaṃ nakṣatrāṇi yad rājānam akurvata | bhadrāham asmai prāyachan idaṃ rāṣṭram asād iti

When the stars made Śakadhūma ("dung-smoke") king, they bestowed on him a blessed day, (saying) "This shall be his kingdom."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 128.2

भद्राहं नो मध्यंदिने भद्राहं सायम् अस्तु नः । भद्राहं नो अह्नां प्राता रात्री भद्राहम् अस्तु नः

bhadrāhaṃ no madhyaṃdine bhadrāhaṃ sāyam astu naḥ | bhadrāhaṃ no ahnāṃ prātā rātrī bhadrāham astu naḥ

A blessed day for us at midday, a blessed day be ours in the evening; a blessed day for us in the morning of the days, and let the night be a blessed day for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 128.3

अहोरात्राभ्यां नक्षत्रेभ्यः सुर्याचन्द्रमसाभ्याम् । भद्राहम् अस्मभ्यं राजन् छकधूम त्वं कृधि

ahorātrābhyāṃ nakṣatrebhyaḥ suryācandramasābhyām | bhadrāham asmabhyaṃ rājan chakadhūma tvaṃ kṛdhi

From day and night, from the stars, from the sun and moon — make a blessed day for us, O king Śakadhūma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 128.4

यो नो भद्राहम् अकरः सायं नक्तम् अथो दिवा । तस्मै ते नक्षत्रराज शकधूम सदा नमः

yo no bhadrāham akaraḥ sāyaṃ naktam atho divā | tasmai te nakṣatrarāja śakadhūma sadā namaḥ

Since you have made a blessed day for us, in the evening, by night, and also by day — to you for that, O king of the stars, O Śakadhūma, homage always.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition