Sukta 28
द्यौष्ट्वा॑ पि॒ता पृ॑थि॒वी मा॒ता ज॒रामृ॑त्युं कृणुतां संविदा॒ने। यथा॒ जीवा॒ अदि॑तेरु॒पस्थे॑ प्राणापा॒नाभ्यां॑ गुपि॒तः श॒तं हिमाः॑
dyáuṣ tvā́ pitā́ pṛthivī́ mātā́ jarā́mṛ́tyuṁ kṛṇutāṁ saṁvidāné | yáthā jī́vā áditer upásthe prāṇāpānā́bhyāṁ gupitáḥ śatáṁ himā́ḥ ||
Heaven, thy Father, and Earth, thy Mother, in concord let them make old age and death to be afar from thee; so mayest thou, living, in Aditi’s lap, guarded by in-breath and out-breath, attain a hundred winters.
ದ್ಯೌಃ ನಿನ್ನ ತಂದೆ, ಪೃಥಿವೀ ನಿನ್ನ ತಾಯಿ—ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಒಮ್ಮತದಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನಿಂದ ಜರೆಯನ್ನೂ ಮರಣವನ್ನೂ ದೂರಮಾಡಲಿ. ಅದಿತಿಯ ಮಡಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವಂತನಾಗಿ, ಪ್ರಾಣ–ಅಪಾನಗಳಿಂದ ರಕ್ಷಿತನಾಗಿ, ನೀನು ನೂರು ಹಿಮಗಳು (ನೂರು ವರ್ಷಗಳು) ತಲುಪಲಿ.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Āyuṣya-prayoga; specific ṛṣi attribution varies in ancillary indices for AV 2.28).
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Heaven-and-Earth), with Aditi and the vital airs (Prāṇa/Apāna) as operative powers.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence typical of such expansive petitions; to be confirmed against pada syllable-count in your metrical parser).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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