Sukta 2
प्रा॒णो अ॑पा॒नो व्या॒न आयु॒श्चक्षु॑र्दृ॒शये॒ सूर्या॑य । अप॑रिपरेण प॒था य॒मरा॑ज्ञः पि॒तॄन् ग॑च्छ
prāṇó apā́nó vyāná āyúś cákṣur dṛśáye sū́ryāya | ápari-pareṇa pathā́ yáma-rājñaḥ pitṝ́n gacha ||
Breath, out-breath, pervading breath; life, and the eye—to seeing, to the Sun: by the farther path, the path of King Yama, go thou unto the Fathers.
प्राणोऽपानो व्यानः, आयुश्चक्षुर्दर्शने सूर्याय। अपरिपरेण पथा यमराज्ञः पितॄन् गच्छ।
Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (AV 18).
Devata: Yama (as path-lord), Pitṛs, Sūrya (recipient of sight), and the vital breaths as quasi-deities.
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (prose-like anuṣṭubh tendency; typical of directive funerary verses)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: karuna
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