Atharva Veda 18.2.5: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 5
Sukta 2
य॒दा शृ॒तं कृ॒णवो॑ जातवे॒दोऽथे॒ममे॑नं॒ परि॑ दत्तात् पि॒तृभ्यः॑ । य॒दो गच्छा॒त्यसु॑नीतिमे॒तामथ॑ दे॒वानां॑ वश॒नीर्भ॑वाति
yadā́ śrutáṃ kṛṇávo jātavedo 'thémám enaṃ pári dattāt pitṛ́bhyaḥ | yadó gácchāty ásunītim etā́m átha devā́nāṃ vaśanī́r bhavāti
When thou hast made him duly roasted, O Jātavedas, then hand him over, wholly, unto the Fathers. And when he goeth upon this leading-forth of breath, then cometh he under the governance of the Gods.
हे जातवेदः! यदा त्वं एनं विधिना शृतं कृणोषि, अथ एनं समन्तात् पितृभ्यः परिदत्तात्। यदा च एषः एताम् असुनीतिं गच्छति, अथ देवानां वशनीर्भवति।
Rishi: Anukramaṇī-based funerary attribution (Atharvanic lineages)
Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Pitṛs; Devas as overseers
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify in critical apparatus)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: karuna
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