Atharva Veda 18.4.9: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 9
Sukta 4
पूर्वो॑ अ॒ग्निष्ट्वा॑ तपतु॒ शं पु॒रस्ता॒च्छं प॒श्चात् त॑पतु॒ गार्ह॑पत्यः । द॒क्षि॒णा॒ग्निष्टे॑ तपतु॒ शर्म॒ वर्मो॑त्तर॒तो म॑ध्य॒तो अ॒न्तरि॑क्षाद् दि॒शोदि॑शो अग्ने॒ परि॑ पाहि घो॒रात्
pū́rvo agníṣ ṭvā tapatu śáṃ purástāc cháṃ paścā́t tapatu gārhapatyáḥ | dakṣiṇāgníṣ ṭe tapatu śárma vármóttarató madhyató antárikṣād díśo-díśo agne pári pāhi ghórāt
Let the eastern Agni warm thee for welfare from the front; for welfare from behind let the Gārhapatya warm thee. Let the southern fire warm thee—shelter, armor—from the north, from the midst, from the mid-air; from every quarter, O Agni, guard thou round about from the terrible.
Semoga Agni di timur menghangatkan engkau demi sejahtera dari hadapan; demi sejahtera dari belakang semoga Gārhapatya menghangatkan engkau. Semoga Dakṣiṇāgni menghangatkan engkau—sebagai perlindungan, sebagai perisai—dari utara, dari tengah, dari ruang-antara (antarikṣa); dari tiap penjuru, wahai Agni, peliharalah engkau sekeliling daripada yang menggerunkan.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (funeral book).
Devata: Agni (in multiple fire-forms).
Chandas: Likely triṣṭubh; requires scan.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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