Atharva Veda 4.34.4: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 34, Mantra 4
Sukta 34
वि॒ष्टा॒रिण॑मोद॒नं ये पच॑न्ति॒ नैना॑न् य॒मः परि॑ मुष्णाति॒ रेतः॑ । र॒थी ह॑ भू॒त्वा र॑थ॒यान॑ ईयते प॒क्षी ह॑ भू॒त्वाति॒ दिवः॒ समे॑ति
viṣṭāríṇam odanáṃ yé pácanti náinān yamáḥ pári muṣṇāti rétaḥ | rathī́ há bhūtvā́ rathayāná īyate pakṣī́ há bhūtvā́ti dívaḥ saméti
They who cook the Vistārin porridge—Yama stealeth not away their seed. Becoming a charioteer, he fareth on in chariot-course; becoming a bird, he reacheth beyond the heaven.
विष्टारिणमोदनं ये पचन्ति नैनान् यमः परि मुष्णाति रेतः। रथी ह भूत्वा रथयान ईयते पक्षी ह भूत्वाति दिवः समेति॥
Rishi: Atharvanic seer (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Yama (as the power to be restrained); Āyuṣ/Prāṇa implied
Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh mixture (edition-dependent)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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