Atharva Veda 18.3.59: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 59
Sukta 3
ये नः॑ पि॒तुः पि॒तरो॒ ये पि॑ताम॒हा य आ॑विवि॒शुरु॒र्व॑१न्तरि॑क्षम्। तेभ्यः॑ स्व॒राडसु॑नीतिर्नो अ॒द्य व॑थाव॒शं त॒न्वः कल्पयाति
yé naḥ pitúḥ pitáraḥ yé pitāmahā́ yá āvivíśur urvàṃ antárikṣam | tébhyaḥ svarā́ḍ ásunītir no adyá vathāváśaṃ tanvàḥ kalpayāti
Those Fathers of our father, those grandsires, who have passed and entered the broad mid-air—unto them the self-ruling Life-guidance, even to-day, disposeth for our bodies a state not subject to the compulsion of the road.
हमारे पिताजी के वो पुरखे, वो दादा-पर-दादा, जो आसमान में चले गए हैं। आज वो लोग हमारे लिए अच्छा रास्ता बना रहे हैं। उनकी वजह से हमारे शरीर को कोई जबरदस्ती नहीं होगी।
Rishi: Traditionally associated with funerary Atharvanic seers (Atharvan/Angiras complex; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Pitṛs (Fathers/ancestors); secondarily ‘Asunīti’ as vivifying ordinance/power.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (late Atharvanic funerary style; metrical exactness varies by recension).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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