Sukta 2
यो नो॑ अ॒ग्निः पि॑तरो हृ॒त्स्व॑१न्तरा॑वि॒वेशा॒मृतो॒ मर्त्ये॑षु । मय्य॒हं तं परि॑ गृह्णामि दे॒वं मा सो अ॒स्मान् द्वि॑क्षत॒ मा व॒यं तम्
yó no agníḥ pitaro hṛtsv àntarā́viveśā́mṛ́to mártyeṣu | máy y aháṃ táṃ pári gṛhṇāmi deváṃ mā́ só asmā́n dvíkṣat mā́ vayáṃ tám
That Agni of ours, O Fathers, who, immortal, hath entered within the hearts of mortals,—him, the God, I compass and take to me: let him not hate us, nor we be hostile unto him.
Ese Agni nuestro, oh Padres, el Inmortal que ha entrado en los corazones de los mortales,— a ese Dios lo ciño y lo tomo para mí. Que él no nos odie, ni nosotros le seamos hostiles.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Ancestral/Angirasic milieu; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Agni (with Pitṛs as addressed witnesses)
Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic prose-verse tendency in Book 12)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: karuna
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