Atharva Veda 4.35.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 5
Sukta 35
यः प्रा॑ण॒दः प्रा॑ण॒दवा॑न् ब॒भूव॒ यस्मै॑ लो॒का घृ॒तव॑न्तः॒ क्षर॑न्ति । ज्योति॑ष्मतीः प्र॒दिशो॒ यस्य॒ सर्वा॒स्तेनौ॑द॒नेनाति॑ तराणि मृ॒त्युम्
yáḥ prā́ṇa-dáḥ prā́ṇa-dávān babhū́va yásmai lokā́ ghṛtá-vantaḥ kṣáranti | jyótiṣmatīḥ pradíśo yásya sárvā́s ténáudanénáti tarāṇi mṛtyúm
He who became the Giver of breath, yea, breath-bestowing; for whom the worlds, rich in ghee, distil their streams; whose every quarter is luminous with light—by that Odana may I pass beyond Death.
هو الذي صار واهبَ النَّفَس، بل مُفيضَ النَّفَس؛ ولأجله تَسِيلُ العوالمُ، الغنيّةُ بالسَّمْنِ (ghee)، جداولَها؛ والذي كلُّ الجهاتِ له مُضيئةٌ بالنور—بذلك الـOdana لَعَلِّي أتجاوزُ الموت.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Aṅgiras/Atharvan attribution typical for apamṛtyu material; exact r̥ṣi to be verified against Anukramaṇī for AV 4.35).
Devata: Brahman/Brāhmaṇaspati principle embodied in brahma-odana; life-breath (Prāṇa) and death-transcendence motif.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (to be confirmed by metrical scan; Saunaka AV often mixes triṣṭubh/jagatī in such stanzas).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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