Atharva Veda 12.2.21: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 21
Sukta 2
परं॑ मृत्यो॒ अनु॒ परे॑हि॒ पन्थां॒ यस्त॑ ए॒ष इत॑रो देव॒याना॑त्। चक्षु॑ष्मते शृण्व॒ते ते॑ ब्रवीमी॒हेमे वी॒रा ब॒हवो॑ भवन्तु
paráṃ mṛtyór ánu párehi pánthāṃ yás ta eṣá ítaro devayā́nāt | cákṣuṣmate śṛṇvaté te bravīmī́heme vīrā́ bahávo bhavantu ||
Far from Death, go thou forth upon thy path—the path that is for thee, this other, apart from the gods’ way. To him that hath sight and heareth I speak: here may these heroes be, and many may they become.
परं मृत्यो अनु परेहि पन्थां यस्त एष इतरः देवयानात्। चक्षुष्मते शृण्वते ते ब्रवीमि हेेमे वीरा बहवो भवन्तु॥
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Mṛtyu (as adversary addressed); implicit protection by the gods’ order (devayāna)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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