Atharva Veda 6.28.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 3
Sukta 28
यः प्र॑थ॒मः प्र॒वत॑मास॒साद॑ ब॒हुभ्यः॒ पन्था॑मनुपस्पशा॒नः । यो॒३स्येशे॑ द्वि॒पदो॒ यश्चतु॑ष्पद॒स्तस्मै॑ य॒माय॒ नमो॑ अस्तु मृ॒त्यवे॑
yáḥ práthamaḥ pravátam āsasā́da bahúbhyaḥ pánthām anupaspaśānáḥ | yó ’syéśe dvipádo yáś cátuṣpadas tásmai yamā́ya námo astu mṛtyáve ||
He who, the first, hath reached the steep descent, who, for the many, hath espied and traced the pathway; who hath dominion over this—over the two-footed and the four-footed: to him, to Yama, be reverence; reverence to Death.
वो पहला इंसान जो मरने के बाद उस रास्ते पर गया, वो सबके लिए रास्ता ढूँढ के लाया। अब वो दो पाँव वालों और चार पाँव वालों सबका मालिक है। यम और मृत्यु को हम प्रणाम करते हैं।
Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for Yama-Mṛtyu material (exact r̥ṣi assignment depends on anukramaṇī).
Devata: Yama and Mṛtyu (personified Death; overlord of bipeds and quadrupeds).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; long pādas with ~11 syllables; confirm by padic count in critical edition).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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