Atharva Veda 18.3.49: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 49
Sukta 3
उप॑ सर्प मा॒तरं॒ भूमि॑मे॒तामु॑रु॒व्यच॑सं पृथि॒वीं सु॒शेवा॑म्। ऊर्ण॑म्रदाः पृथि॒वी दक्षि॑णावत ए॒षा त्वा॑ पातु॒ प्रप॑थे पु॒रस्ता॑त्
úpa sarpa mātáraṁ bhū́mim etā́m uruvyácasaṁ pṛthivī́ṁ suśévām | ū́rṇamradāḥ pṛthivī́ dakṣiṇā́vat eṣā́ tvā pātu prápathe purástāt ||
Creep thou nigh unto this Mother Earth, the wide-expanding, the broad, the gracious. Soft as wool is Earth, rich in auspicious right-hand fortune: may she protect thee on thy forward way, in front.
धीरे-धीरे इस धरती माँ के पास जाओ। यह धरती बड़ी है, चौड़ी है, अच्छी है। जैसे नरम ऊन है, वैसे ही यह धरती नरम है। यह तुम्हारे लिए अच्छी है। आगे के रास्ते में यह तुम्हे बचाए।
Rishi: Bhūmi-sūkta tradition (often attributed in ancillary tradition to Atharvanic seers; exact r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī for this late book).
Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) as Mother and Protectress
Chandas: Predominantly Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence in this section (late Atharvanic style; verify by pada count in critical edition).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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