Mantra 48
Sukta 3
न किल्बिषमत्र नाधारो अस्ति न यन्मित्रैः समममान एति । अनूनं पात्रं निहितं न एतत् पक्तारं पक्वः पुनरा विशाति
ná kilbíṣam átra nā́dhā́ro ásti ná yán mitráiḥ samámāna éti | anū́naṃ pā́traṃ níhitaṃ na etát paktā́raṃ pakváḥ púnar ā́ viśāti ||
Here is no stain of guilt, no footing for reproach; nor doth there come to pass aught, when with his friends he standeth of one mind. This vessel, set for us, is whole and lacking naught: the cooked returns and entereth again the cook.
Rishi: Traditionally connected with Bhṛgu-Aṅgiras/Ātharvaṇa strata for AV 12.3 (earth/household complex); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition.
Devata: Śānti / Anna-Agni complex (peace through food and concord; Agni implicit as paktṛ).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (AV mixed meters in this section; often treated as triṣṭubh/irregular triṣṭubh by editors).
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