Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.128
शकधूमं नक्षत्राणि यद् राजानम् अकुर्वत । भद्राहम् अस्मै प्रायछन् इदं राष्ट्रम् असाद् इति ॥१॥
śakadhūmaṃ nakṣatrāṇi yad rājānam akurvata | bhadrāham asmai prāyachan idaṃ rāṣṭram asād iti ||1||
When the asterisms made the çakadhū́ma their king, they bestowed on him auspicious (bhadrá-) day, saying "This shall be [his] royalty."
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
भद्राहं नो मध्यंदिने भद्राहं सायम् अस्तु नः । भद्राहं नो अह्नां प्राता रात्री भद्राहम् अस्तु नः ॥२॥
bhadrāhaṃ no madhyaṃdine bhadrāhaṃ sāyam astu naḥ | bhadrāhaṃ no ahnāṃ prātā rātrī bhadrāham astu naḥ ||2||
Auspicious day ours at noon, auspicious day be ours at evening, auspicious day ours in the morning of the days; be night auspicious day for us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अहोरात्राभ्यां नक्षत्रेभ्यः सुर्याचन्द्रमसाभ्याम् । भद्राहम् अस्मभ्यं राजन् छकधूम त्वं कृधि ॥३॥
ahorātrābhyāṃ nakṣatrebhyaḥ suryācandramasābhyām | bhadrāham asmabhyaṃ rājan chakadhūma tvaṃ kṛdhi ||3||
From day-and-night, from the asterisms, from sun-and-moon, do thou, O king çakadhū́ma, make auspicious day for us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यो नो भद्राहम् अकरः सायं नक्तम् अथो दिवा । तस्मै ते नक्षत्रराज शकधूम सदा नमः ॥४॥
yo no bhadrāham akaraḥ sāyaṃ naktam atho divā | tasmai te nakṣatrarāja śakadhūma sadā namaḥ ||4||
Thou who hast made auspicious day for us at evening, by night, also by day—to thee as such, O çakadhū́ma, king of the asterisms, [be] always homage.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)