Atharva Veda 18.4.11: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 11
Sukta 4
शम॑ग्ने प॒श्चात् त॑प॒ शं पु॒रस्ता॒च्छमु॑त्त॒राच्छम॑ध॒रात् त॑पैनम्। एक॑स्त्रे॒धा विहि॑तो जातवेदः स॒म्यगे॑नं धेहि सु॒कृता॑मु लो॒के
śám agne paścā́t tapa śáṃ purástāc chám úttarāc chám adharā́t tapainam | ékas tredhā́ víhito jātávedāḥ sámyag enaṃ dhehi sukṛ́tām u lóke ||
O Agni, with welfare from behind do thou heat him; with welfare from before; with welfare from the north; with welfare from beneath do thou heat him. Thou, one, yet threefold-disposed, O Jātavedas, do thou duly set him in the world of the well-deserving.
अग्नि, तुम पीछे से भी अच्छा करो, आगे से भी अच्छा करो। ऊपर से भी अच्छा करो, नीचे से भी अच्छा करो। जातवेदस, तुम एक हो लेकिन तीन जगह काम करते हो। इस भक्त को अच्छे लोगों की दुनिया में बिठा दो।
Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers in AV funerary book (18); specific r̥ṣi attribution is edition-dependent for 18.4.
Devata: Agni Jātavedas (funerary conductor and purifier)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (AV 18 often uses mixed/expanded meters; verify per pada-count in critical edition)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: karuna
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