Atharva Veda 3.28.6: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 6
Sukta 28
यत्रा॑ सु॒हार्दां॑ सु॒कृता॑मग्निहोत्र॒हुतां॒ यत्र॑ लो॒कः । तं लो॒कं य॒मिन्य॑भि॒संब॑भूव॒ सा नो॒ मा हिं॑सी॒त् पुरु॑षान् प॒शूंश्च॑
yátrā su-hārdā́ṃ su-kṛtā́m agnihotra-hútāṃ yátra lokáḥ | táṃ lokáṃ yamíny abhí-saṃbabhūva sā́ no mā́ hiṃsīt púruṣān paśū́ṃś ca ||
Where is the world of the kindly-hearted, the well-doers, the Agnihotra-offerers—unto that world, O Yamini, hast thou drawn nigh: may she not harm us, neither men nor cattle.
Wo die Welt der Gutherzigen ist, der Wohltäter, der Agnihotra-Darbringer, wo jene Welt ist—zu jener Welt, o Yamini, bist du herangetreten. Möge sie uns nicht schädigen, weder Menschen noch Vieh.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-family attribution uncertain in this excerpt)
Devata: Yamini; the ‘loka’ of Agnihotra-offerers
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence (probable)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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