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Sukta 4
ए॒तत् ते॑ प्रततामह स्व॒धा ये च॒ त्वामनु॑
etát te pratátāmaha svadhā́ yé ca tvā́m ánu
This for thee, O great-great-grandfather—svadhā! and for those who follow after thee.
यह सब बड़े-दादाजी के लिए है, स्वधा! और जो लोग आपके बाद आएँ, उनके लिए भि।
Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (not explicit in excerpt)
Devata: Pitṛs (specific ancestor-grade: pratātāmaha)
Chandas: Formulaic short verse (yajus-like)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: karuna
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