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.
जहाँ अच्छे दिल वाले लोग रहते हैं, जो अच्छा करते हैं और अग्निहोत्र में हवन करते हैं, उस दुनिया में तुम पहुँची हो यामिनी। वो हमे न तकलीफ दे, न इंसानों को, न जानवरों को।
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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