Atharva Veda 4.35.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 2
Sukta 35
येनात॑रन् भूत॒कृतोऽति॑ मृ॒त्युं यम॒न्ववि॑द॒न् तप॑सा॒ श्रमे॑ण । यं प॒पाच॑ ब्र॒ह्मणे॒ ब्रह्म॒ पूर्वं॒ तेनौ॑द॒नेनाति॑ तराणि मृ॒त्युम्
yénātaran bhūtá-kṛto ’tí mṛtyúṃ yám anvàvidan tápasā śrámēṇa | yáṃ papā́ca bráhmaṇe bráhma pū́rvaṃ ténaudanénāti tarāṇi mṛtyúm
Wherewith the makers of beings crossed beyond Death—what they, by heat and strenuous effort, thereafter found; what Brahman, in the beginning, cooked for brahman-power—with that same odana may I pass beyond Death.
येनातरण् भूतकृतोऽति मृत्युम्, यमन्वविदन् तपसा श्रमेण; यं ब्रह्म पूर्वं ब्रह्मणे पपाच—तेनैव ओदनेनाहं मृत्युमतितरामि।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Odana as means; Brahman-power; Death as adversary
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (refrain structure; edition-dependent)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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