Mantra 19
Sukta 3
यद् वो मुद्रं पितरः सोम्यं च तेनो सचध्वं स्वयशसो हि भूत। ते अर्वाणः कवय आ शृणोत सुविदत्रा विदथे हूयमानाः
yád vo mudráṃ pitaraḥ somyáṃ ca ténó sacadhvaṃ sváyaśaso hí bhū́ta | té arvāṇaḥ kaváya ā́ śṛṇota suvidatrā́ vidáthe hūyámānāḥ ||
What token, O Fathers, and what Soma-gladdening sign is yours—therewith consort ye, for ye are of self-won glory. Ye swift ones, ye sages, hearken hither, good givers, being called in the rite-assembly.
Rishi: Pitṛs/ancestral seers (traditional attribution within AV 18 as pitṛ-focused; specific ṛṣi as per anukramaṇī varies by school)
Devata: Pitaraḥ (Fathers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; AV 18.3 frequently uses RV-style triṣṭubh in pitṛ hymns)
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