Mantra 26
Sukta 2
यत् ते अङ्गमतिहितं पराचैरपानः प्राणो य उ वा ते परेतः । तत् ते संगत्य पितरः सनीडा घासाद् घासं पुनरा वेशयन्तु
yát te áṅgám atihitáṃ parācáir apānáḥ prāṇó yá u vā te parétaḥ | tát te saṅgátya pitáraḥ sanīḍā́ ghāsā́d ghā́sāṃ púnar ā́ veśayantu
What limb of thine is set astray afar—what apāna, what prāṇa of thee, O departed—let the Fathers, of one abode, gathering it together for thee, cause it to enter again, portion by portion, from fodder unto fodder.
हे परेत! तेरा जो अंग दूर भटककर विक्षिप्त हो गया है—तेरा जो अपान, जो प्राण (विच्छिन्न) हो गया है—एक ही निवास वाले पितर उसे तेरे लिए समेटकर, घास-घास करके, फिर से उसमें प्रवेश कराएँ।
Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (AV 18)
Devata: Pitṛs (sanīḍāḥ), with implicit focus on prāṇa/apāna as vital powers
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic syntactic density)
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