Atharva Veda 2.29.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 4
Sukta 29
इन्द्रे॑ण द॒त्तो वरु॑णेन शि॒ष्टो म॒रुद्भि॑रु॒ग्रः प्रहि॑तो न॒ आग॑न्। ए॒ष वां॑ द्यावापृथिवी उ॒पस्थे॒ मा क्षु॑ध॒न्मा तृ॑षत्
índreṇa dattó váruṇena śiṣṭó marúdbhir ugráḥ práhito na ā́gan | eṣá vā́m dyāvāpṛthivī upásthe mā́ kṣúdhān mā́ tṛ́ṣat ||
Bestowed by Indra, ordered by Varuṇa, fierce, by the Maruts sent forth, it hath come unto us. This (charge) is in your lap, O Heaven and Earth: let it not hunger, let it not thirst.
इन्द्रेण दत्तो वरुणेन शिष्टो मरुद्भिरुग्रः प्रहितो न आगन्। एष वां द्यावापृथिवी उपस्थे मा क्षुधन् मा तृषत्॥
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn-unit)
Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven and Earth), with Indra, Varuṇa, and the Maruts as empowering authorities
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Triṣṭubh-like cadence in the first pāda sequence with a shorter closing prohibition (edition-dependent scansion)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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