Atharva Veda 12.2.9: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 9
Sukta 2
क्र॒व्याद॑म॒ग्निमि॑षि॒तो ह॑रामि॒ जना॑न् दृं॒हन्तं॒ वज्रे॑ण मृ॒त्युम्। नि तं शा॑स्मि॒ गार्ह॑पत्येन वि॒द्वान् पि॑तृ॒णां लो॒केऽपि॑ भा॒गो अ॑स्तु
kravyā́dam agním iṣitó harāmi janā́n dṛṃhántaṃ vájreṇa mṛtyúm | ní táṃ śāsmi gā́rhapatyena vidvā́n pitṝṇā́ṃ lóke ’py bhāgó astu ||
The flesh-devouring Agni, when impelled, I take away; and Death who maketh men firm-fast I smite with thunderbolt. Him I restrain, with the Gārhapatya, knowing well: in the world of the Fathers let there be his portion also.
Den fleischverzehrenden Agni, den Kravyād, wenn er angetrieben ist, nehme ich weg; und den Tod, der die Menschen festbindet, schlage ich mit dem Vajra. Ihn zügle ich, kundig, durch das Gārhapatya-Feuer; und in der Welt der Väter möge auch ihm ein Anteil sein.
Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Agni; Mṛtyu (Death) as adversarial personification; pitṛs as destination-context.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (classification varies by recension/metrical analysis).
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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