Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.13
नमो देववधेभ्यो नमो राजवधेभ्यः । अथो ये विश्यानां वधास् तेभ्यो मृत्यो नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥१॥
namo devavadhebhyo namo rājavadhebhyaḥ | atho ye viśyānāṃ vadhās tebhyo mṛtyo namo 'stu te ||1||
Homage to the weapons (vadhá) of the gods; homage to the weapons of kings; likewise the weapons that are of the Vāiçyas—to them of thine, O death, be homage.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नमस् ते अधिवाकाय परावाकाय ते नमः । सुमत्यै मृत्यो ते नमो दुर्मत्यै ते इदं नमः ॥२॥
namas te adhivākāya parāvākāya te namaḥ | sumatyai mṛtyo te namo durmatyai te idaṃ namaḥ ||2||
Homage to thy benediction; homage to thy malediction; homage to thy favor, O death; this homage to thy disfavor.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नमस् ते यातुधानेभ्यो नमस् ते भेषजेभ्यः । नमस् ते मृत्यो मूलेभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्य इदं नमः ॥३॥
namas te yātudhānebhyo namas te bheṣajebhyaḥ | namas te mṛtyo mūlebhyo brāhmaṇebhya idaṃ namaḥ ||3||
Homage to thy sorcerers; homage to thy remedies; homage to thy roots, O death; this homage to the Brāhmans.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)