Atharva Veda 18.3.71: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 71
Sukta 3
आ र॑भस्व जातवेद॒स्तेज॑स्व॒द्धरो॑ अस्तु ते । शरी॑रमस्य॒ सं द॒हाथै॑नं धेहि सु॒कृता॑मु लो॒के
ā́ rabhásva jātavedaḥ téjasvat dháro astu te | śarī́ram asya sám dahā́thainaṁ dhehi sukṛ́tām u lóke |
Seize him, O Jātavedas; let thine be brilliant bearing-power. Burn wholly the body of this man; and set him, verily, in the world of the well-deserving.
हे अग्नि, इस इंसान को पकड़ लो। तुम्हारी ताकत चमकती रहे। इसका पूरा शरीर जला दो। उसे अच्छे लोगों की दुनिया में बिठा दो।
Rishi: Funerary corpus seer tradition (variable)
Devata: Agni Jātavedas
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: raudra
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