Sukta 2
उ॒द॒न्वती॒ द्यौर॑व॒मा पी॒लुम॒तीति॑ मध्य॒मा। तृ॒तीया॑ ह प्र॒द्यौरिति॒ य॑स्यां पि॒तर॒ आस॑ते
udánvatī dyáur avamā́ pī́lumatī́ íti madhyamā́ | tṛtī́yā ha pradyáur íti yásyāṃ pitára āsate ||
‘Watery’ is the lowest heaven; ‘Pīlumatī,’ so they call the middle; the third, verily, is ‘Pradyauḥ’—that wherein the Fathers sit established.
उदन्वती द्यौरवमा, पीलुमतीति मध्यमा। तृतीया ह प्रद्यौरिति, यस्यां पितर आसते।
Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (AV 18).
Devata: Pitṛs (as residents of Pradyauḥ); the three heavens as cosmological entities.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (didactic naming style)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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