Atharva Veda 3.11.5: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 5
Sukta 11
प्र वि॑शतं प्राणापानावन॒ड्वाहा॑विव व्र॒जम्। व्य॑१न्ये य॑न्तु मृ॒त्यवो॒ याना॒हुरित॑रान् छ॒तम्
prá víśataṃ prāṇāpānāv anaḍvā́hāv iva vrajám | ví anyé yántu mṛtyávo yā́n āhúr itarā́n śatám ||
Enter ye forth, O Breath and Out-breath, like two strong oxen into the stall. Away let the other Deaths depart—those which men name, the rest, a hundred more.
प्र विशतं प्राणापानौ अनड्वाहाविव व्रजम्। व्यन्ये यन्तु मृत्यवो यानाहुरितरान् शतम्।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per anukramaṇī for AV 3.11)
Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna; secondarily Mṛtyu (as adversary)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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