Mantra 16
Sukta 2
तपसा ये अनाधृष्यास्तपसा ये स्वऽर्ययुः । तपो ये चक्रिरे महस्तांश्चिदेवापि गच्छतात्
tápasā yé anādhṛṣyās tápasā yé svàr-yayúḥ | tápo yé cakriré mahás tā́ṁś cid evā́pi gacchatāt ||
By tapas, who are unassailable; by tapas, who have gone to the sky-world; who by tapas have wrought greatness—unto those, even unto them also, may he go.
Rishi: AV 18 funerary corpus (variable by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Tapas (as power) and the tapas-possessing Fathers; implicit governance by Yama.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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