Atharva Veda 18.3.72: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 72
Sukta 3
ये ते॒ पूर्वे॒ परा॑गता॒ अप॑रे पि॒तर॑श्च॒ ये। तेभ्यो॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ कु॒ल्यैऽतु श॒तधा॑रा व्युन्द॒ती
yé te pū́rve párāgatā́ ápare pitáraś ca yé | tébhyo ghṛtásya kulyā́ etu śatá-dhārā́ vyundatī́ |
To those thy Fathers, the former who have gone afar, and the later who are—unto them let the channel of ghee go forth, a hundred-streamed flood welling and spreading.
Zu deinen Vätern — den früheren, die fernhin gegangen sind, und den späteren, die jetzt sind — zu ihnen ströme die Rinne des Ghee (ghṛta): eine hundertströmige Flut, hervorquellend und sich ausbreitend.
Rishi: Funerary/ancestor corpus tradition (variable)
Devata: Pitaraḥ (the Fathers)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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