Atharva Veda 2.2.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3
Sukta 2
अ॒न॒व॒द्याभिः॒ समु॑ जग्म आभिरप्स॒रास्वपि॑ गन्ध॒र्व आ॑सीत्। स॒मु॒द्र आ॑सां॒ सद॑नं म आहु॒र्यतः॑ स॒द्य आ च॒ परा॑ च॒ यन्ति॑
anavadyā́bhiḥ sáṃu jagma ā́bhir apsarā́sv ápi gandharvá āsīt | samudrá āsā́ṃ sádanam me āhúr yátas sadyá ā́ ca párā ca yánti
With the blameless ones he went in company; among the Apsarases, yea, the Gandharva was. The Sea is, men tell me, their dwelling-seat—whence straightway they go both hither and away.
ನಿರ್ದೋಷಿಯರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಅವನು ಸಂಗವಾಗಿ ಹೋದನು; ಅಪ್ಸರೆಯರ ಮಧ್ಯೆಯೂ ಗಂಧರ್ವನು ಇದ್ದನು. ಅವರ ಆಸನ-ನಿವಾಸವೆಂದು ಜನರು ಹೇಳುವದು ಸಮುದ್ರ; ಅಲ್ಲಿ നിന്ന് ಅವರು ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಡ, ಅತ್ತ ಕೂಡ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not determinable from the isolated verse alone)
Devata: Apsarases and Gandharva; secondarily Samudra (as their seat/containment)
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence (requires full hymn metrical audit; not safely fixed from one pāda in isolation)
Primary: bhayankara
Secondary: shanta
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