Mantra 1
Sukta 120
सुकृतस्य लोकः। यदन्तरिक्षं पृथिवीमुत द्यां यन्मातरं पितरं वा जिहिंसिम। अयं तस्माद् गार्हपत्यो नो अग्निरुदिन्नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम्
sukṛtásya lokáḥ | yád antárikṣaṃ pṛthivī́m utá dyā́ṃ yán mātáraṃ pitáraṃ vā́ jihíṃsimá | ayáṃ tásmād gārhapatyó no agnír úd ín nayāti sukṛtásya lokám ||
The world of well-doing: if we have harmed mid-air, or earth, or heaven; if (we have harmed) mother or father—this our Gārhapatya Agni, from that, doth verily lead upward unto the world of well-doing.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verify Anukramaṇī for 6.120)
Devata: Agni (Gārhapatya)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)
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