Mantra 1
Sukta 29
अविः। यद् राजानो विभजन्त इष्टापूर्तस्य षोडशं यमस्यामी सभासदः । अविस्तस्मात् प्र मुञ्चति दत्तः शितिपात् स्वधा
avíḥ | yád rājā́no vibhájante iṣṭā-pūrtásya ṣoḍaśáṃ yámasyāmī́ sabhā-sádaḥ | avís tasmā́t prá muñcati dattáḥ śití-pāt svadhā́ ||
When the kings apportion the sixteenth share of merit—of sacrifice and pious work—for Yama, those assembly-sitters; from that doth the ewe, when given, release (a man): the white-footed—svadhā.
जब राजा लोग यम के लिए—सभा में बैठे उन जनों के निमित्त—इष्टापूर्त (यज्ञ और पुण्यकर्म) के पुण्य का सोलहवाँ भाग बाँटते हैं, तब दी हुई अवि (भेड़/भेड़िया) उससे (मनुष्य को) छुड़ा देती है—श्वेत-पाद वाली; स्वधा।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-family attribution uncertain in this excerpt)
Devata: Yama; Pitṛs (via svadhā)
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (AV narrative-prose-like metricality; not securely determinable from excerpt)
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