Atharva Veda 18.2.17: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 17
Sukta 2
ये युध्य॑न्ते प्र॒धने॑षु॒ शूरा॑सो॒ ये त॑नू॒त्यजः॑ । ये वा॑ स॒हस्र॑दक्षिणा॒स्तांश्चिदे॒वापि॑ गच्छतात्
yé yúdhyante pradháneṣu śū́rāso yé tanū-tyájaḥ | yé vā sahásra-dakṣiṇās tā́ṁś cid evā́pi gacchatāt ||
They who fight in battles, the heroes; they who have left the body; or they who are thousand-fee givers—unto those, even unto them also, may he go.
Mereka yang berjuang dalam peperangan—para wira; mereka yang telah meninggalkan jasad; atau mereka yang mengurniakan daksina seribu—kepada mereka, bahkan kepada mereka juga, semoga dia pergi.
Rishi: AV 18 funerary corpus (variable).
Devata: Pitṛs of heroic/donor classes; implicit Yama as ruler of the dead.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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