Atharva Veda 12.3.23: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 23
Sukta 3
जनि॑त्रीव॒ प्रति॑ हर्यासि सू॒नुं सं त्वा॑ दधामि पृथि॒वीं पृ॑थि॒व्या। उ॒खा कु॒म्भी वेद्यां॒ मा व्य॑थिष्ठा यज्ञायु॒धैराज्ये॒नाति॑षक्ता
janitrī́va práti haryāsi sūnúṃ sáṃ tvā́ dadhāmi pṛthivī́ṃ pṛthivyā́ | ukhā́ kumbhī́ vedyā́ṃ mā́ vyathíṣṭhā yajñāyúdhair ā́jyénā́tiṣaktā́ ||
As a mother, thou bearest the offspring forth: I set thee fast—Earth upon Earth. O ukhā, O cooking-pot, upon the altar be not shaken; with the sacrificial implements, with ghee, be thou made firmly adherent.
Wie eine Mutter trägst du den Sohn hervor; ich setze dich fest — Erde auf Erde. O ukhā, o Kochgefäß, wanke nicht auf dem Altar; mit den Opfergeräten, mit Ghee (ghṛta) sei fest angeheftet.
Rishi: Traditionally connected with Pṛthivī-sūkta transmission (seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AV 12.3).
Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) and the consecrated vessel as ritual locus; implicitly Agni in the ukhā.
Chandas: Mixed/triṣṭubh-jagatī tendencies in the Pṛthivī-hymn section (edition-dependent); this verse scans as a longer pāda-type rather than strict anuṣṭubh.
Primary: shanta
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