Atharva Veda 3.28.5: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 5
Sukta 28
यत्रा॑ सु॒हार्दः॑ सु॒कृतो॒ मद॑न्ति वि॒हाय॒ रोगं॑ त॒न्व॑१ स्वायाः॑ । तं लो॒कं य॒मिन्य॑भि॒संब॑भूव॒ सा नो॒ मा हिं॑सी॒त् पुरु॑षान् प॒शूंश्च॑
yátrā su-hārdáḥ su-kṛtó mádanti vihā́ya rógaṃ tanvàm svā́yāḥ | táṃ lokáṃ yamíny abhí-saṃbabhūva sā́ no mā́ hiṃsīt púruṣān paśū́ṃś ca ||
Where the kind-hearted, the well-doers, rejoice, having cast disease away from their own body—unto that world, O Yamini, hast thou drawn nigh: may she not harm us, neither men nor cattle.
ఎక్కడ సుహృదయులైన సుకృతులు తమ శరీరం నుండి రోగాన్ని తొలగించి ఆనందిస్తారో—ఆ లోకానికి, ఓ యమిని, నీవు సమీపించావు. ఆమె మాకు—మనుష్యులకైనా పశువులకైనా—హాని చేయకూడదు.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-family attribution uncertain in this excerpt)
Devata: Yamini (addressed); implicitly the ‘loka’ of sukṛt
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence (probable; longer pādas than anuṣṭubh)
Primary: bhayankara
Secondary: shanta
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