Atharva Veda 13.3.18: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 18
Sukta 3
स॒प्त यु॑ञ्जन्ति॒ रथ॒मेक॑चक्र॒मेको॒ अश्वो॑ वहति स॒प्तना॑मा । त्रि॒नाभि॑ च॒क्रम॒जर॑मन॒र्वं यत्रे॒मा विश्वा॒ भुव॒नाधि॑ त॒स्थुस्तस्य॑ दे॒वस्य॑ । क्रु॒द्धस्यै॒तदागो॒ य ए॒वं वि॒द्वांसं॑ ब्राह्म॒णं जि॒नाति॑ । उद् वे॑पय रोहित॒ प्र क्षि॑णीहि ब्रह्म॒ज्यस्य॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्च॒ पाशा॑न्
saptá yuñjanti rátham ékacakram éko áśvo vahati saptánāmā | trinā́bhi cakrám ájaram anárvaṃ yátrémā víśvā bhúvanā́dhi tasthús tásya devásya | kruddhásyaitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pā́śān ||
Seven yoke the one-wheeled car; one Horse bears it, of seven names. The wheel, three-naved, unaging, never slack, whereon these all the worlds are set and stand—of that God. This is the offence against the wrathful One: whoso thus a knowing Brahman wrongs. Up, make him tremble, O Rohita; waste him away: upon the Brahman-hurter loose back the nooses.
سبعةٌ يقرنون العربةَ ذاتَ العجلةِ الواحدة؛ وحصانٌ واحدٌ يحملُها، ذو سبعةِ أسماء. والعجلةُ ذاتُ المحاورِ الثلاثة، لا تشيخُ ولا ترتخي، عليها ثُبِّتت هذه العوالمُ كلُّها وقامت—لذلك الإله. هذه هي الخطيئةُ في حقِّ الغضبان: مَن يظلمُ هكذا برهمنًا عارفًا. انهضْ، وأرعِده، يا روهيتا؛ أذبِلْه؛ وفُكَّ القيودَ عن مُرتكبِ قتلِ البرهمن (brahmajya).
Rishi: Rohita/Āditya hymn tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).
Devata: Rohita / Solar Time-Wheel
Chandas: Mixed; Triṣṭubh-like with refrain.
Primary: raudra
Secondary: bhayankara
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