Mantra 2
Sukta 120
भूमिर्मातादितिर्नो जनित्रं भ्रातान्तरिक्षमभिशस्त्या नः । द्यौर्नः पिता पित्र्याच्छं भवाति जामिमृत्वा माव पत्सि लोकात्
bhū́mir mātā́ditír no janítraṃ bhrā́tāntárikṣam abhíśastyā naḥ | dyáur naḥ pitā́ pitryā́c chaṃ bhavāti jāmím ṛtvā́ mā́va pátsi lokā́t
Earth is our Mother; Aditi our begetting-place; the Mid-air our Brother—may it save us from the imprecation. Heaven is our Father: from the Fathers’ side may welfare be ours; having reached our kin in due season, fall not away from the world.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Cosmic family triad: Bhūmi (Earth), Antarikṣa (Midspace), Dyauḥ (Heaven); with Pitṛs implied.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence (edition-dependent; not strict anuṣṭubh).
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