Atharva Veda 18.2.52: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 52
Sukta 2
अ॒भि त्वो॑र्णोमि पृथि॒व्या मा॒तुर्वस्त्रे॑ण भ॒द्रया॑ । जी॒वेषु॑ भ॒द्रं तन्मयि॑ स्व॒धा पि॒तृषु॒ सा त्वयि॑
abhí tvā́ ūrṇomi pṛthivyā́ mātúr vástreṇa bhadráyā | jīvéṣu bhadráṃ tán máyī svadhā́ pitṛ́ṣu sā́ tváyi
Over thee I wrap the kindly garment of Earth the Mother. Among the living be welfare—let that be in me; among the Fathers be svadhā—let that be in thee.
أُلَفِّفُكَ بثوبِ الأُمِّ الأرضِ المباركِ الرؤوف. وبين الأحياءِ ليكنِ الخيرُ والسلامةُ—فليكن ذلك فيَّ؛ وبين الآباءِ (الپِتْرِ) لتكن سْفَدْها (svadhā)—فلتكن ذلك فيكَ.
Rishi: AV 18 funerary tradition (r̥ṣi per Anukramaṇī varies).
Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) and Pitaraḥ (by svadhā-allocation)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: karuna
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