Sukta 3
उत् ते॑ स्तभ्नामि पृथि॒वीं त्वत् परी॒मं लो॒गं नि॒दध॒न्मो अ॒हं रि॑षम्। ए॒तां स्थूणां॑ पि॒तरो॑ धारयन्ति ते॒ तत्र॑ य॒मः साद॑ना ते कृणोतु
út te stabhṇāmi pṛthivī́ṁ tvát parīmáṁ lógaṁ nidadhán mā́ aháṁ riṣam | etā́ṁ sthū́ṇāṁ pitáro dhārayanti té tátra yamáḥ sā́danaṁ te kṛṇotu ||
Up do I prop the Earth for thee, setting round about this region—may I suffer no hurt. This pillar the Fathers hold aloft for thee: there may Yama make for thee a seat, an abiding-place.
Ich stütze dir die Erde auf, indem ich ringsum diesen Bezirk festsetze; möge mir kein Schaden widerfahren. Diese Säule halten die Väter für dich empor: dort möge Yama dir einen Sitz bereiten, eine bleibende Stätte.
Rishi: Funerary Atharvanic tradition (Book 18; r̥ṣi attributions vary by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Pṛthivī; Pitaraḥ; Yama
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (confirm by metrical analysis).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: karuna
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