Atharva Veda 3.21.1: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 1
Sukta 21
शान्तिः। ये अ॒ग्नयो॑ अ॒प्स्व॑१न्तर्ये वृ॒त्रे ये पुरु॑षे॒ ये अश्म॑सु । य आ॑वि॒वेशोष॑धी॒र्यो वन॒स्पतीं॒स्तेभ्यो॑ अ॒ग्निभ्यो॑ हु॒तम॑स्त्वे॒तत्
śā́ntiḥ | yé agnáyo apsv àntar yé vṛtré yé púruṣe yé áśmasu | yá āvivéśóṣadhīr yó vanaspátīṁs tébhyo agníbhyo hútam astv etát
Peace. The Fires that are within the waters, the Fires that are within Vṛtra, the Fires that are within man, the Fires that are within stones; he who hath entered the herbs, he who the forest-lords hath entered—to those Fires let this oblation be offered.
Śāntiḥ (Frieden). Die Agnis, die in den Wassern sind; die Agnis, die in Vṛtra sind; die Agnis, die im Menschen sind; die Agnis, die in den Steinen sind; der, der in die Oṣadhīs (Heilkräuter) eingegangen ist, der, der in die Vanaspatis (Waldherren, Bäume) eingegangen ist – jenen Agnis sei diese Opfergabe (huta) dargebracht.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras rubric; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Agni (plural forms; Vaiśvānara implied by the hymn’s theology)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in Atharvanic śānti verses)
Primary: shanta
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