Mantra 13
Sukta 9
पृथिवी शान्तिरन्तरिक्षं शान्तिर्द्यौः शान्तिरापः शान्तिरोषधयः शान्तिर्वनस्पतयः शान्तिर्विश्वे मे देवाः शान्तिः सर्वे मे देवाः शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिभिः । ताभिः शान्तिभिः सर्व शान्तिभिः शमयामोऽहं यदिह घोरं यदिह क्रूरं यदिह पापं तच्छान्तं तच्छिवं सर्वमेव शमस्तु नः
pr̥thivī́ śā́ntir antárikṣaṃ śā́ntir dyáuḥ śā́ntir ā́paḥ śā́ntir óṣadhayaḥ śā́ntir vánaspatayaḥ śā́ntir víśve me devā́ḥ śā́ntiḥ sárve me devā́ḥ śā́ntiḥ śā́ntiḥ śā́ntiḥ śā́ntibhiḥ | tā́bhiḥ śā́ntibhiḥ sárvaśā́ntibhiḥ śamayā́mo ’háṃ yád ihá ghóram yád ihá krū́ram yád ihá pā́paṃ tác chā́ntaṃ tác chívaṃ sárvam evá śám astu naḥ
Peace be to Earth; peace to the Mid-air; peace to Heaven; peace to the Waters; peace to the Herbs; peace to the Forest-trees. Peace be all the Gods to me; peace be all the Gods to me—peace, peace, peace, with peaces. With those peaces, with all peaces, I do here pacify: if here be aught dreadful, if here be aught cruel, if here be aught evil—let that be pacified, let that be gracious; let all, even all, be welfare unto us.
Paix à la Terre; paix à l’Espace intermédiaire; paix au Ciel; paix aux Eaux; paix aux herbes médicinales (oṣadhi); paix aux arbres de la forêt (vanaspati). Paix, que tous les Dieux soient pour moi; paix, que tous les Dieux soient pour moi — paix, paix, paix, par des paix. Par ces paix, par toutes les paix, j’apaise ici: s’il y a ici quelque chose d’effrayant, s’il y a ici quelque chose de cruel, s’il y a ici quelque chose de mauvais — que cela soit apaisé, que cela soit propice; que tout, pour nous, soit vraiment paix.
Rishi: Atharvanic śānti tradition (attribution varies in ancillary indices)
Devata: Śānti; also cosmic regions and ‘All Gods’ (Viśve Devāḥ) as pacifying powers
Chandas: Predominantly prose-like/late Atharvanic cadence with mantraic repetitions
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