Atharva Veda 13.3.7: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 7
Sukta 3
यो अ॑न्ना॒दो अन्न॑पतिर्ब॒भूव॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑रु॒त यः । भू॒तो भ॑वि॒ष्यद् भुव॑नस्य॒ यस्पति॒स्तस्य॑ दे॒वस्य॑ । क्रु॒द्धस्यै॒तदागो॒ य ए॒वं वि॒द्वांसं॑ ब्राह्म॒णं जि॒नाति॑ । उद् वे॑पय रोहित॒ प्र क्षि॑णीहि ब्रह्म॒ज्यस्य॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्च॒ पाशा॑न्
yó annādó annápatir babhū́va bráhmaṇas pátir utá yáḥ | bhūtó bhaviṣyád bhúvanasya yás pátis tásya devásya | kruddhásyaitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pā́śān
He who became the Eater of food, the Lord of food; who is Lord of brahman also; who is master of what hath been and what shall be, the lord of the world of being—of that God. This is the offence against that wrathful God, whoso thus wrongs a knowing Brahmin. Make him quake, O Rohita; waste him away; against the Brahmin-hurter loose back the nooses.
هو الذي صار آكِلَ الطعام، ربَّ الطعام؛ وهو أيضًا براهماṇاسْپَتي، ربَّ البراهمن؛ وهو سيِّدُ ما كان وما سيكون، ربُّ عالم الوجود—لذلك الإله. هذه هي الخطيئةُ في حقِّ ذلك الإله الغضبان: من يظلمُ على هذا النحو براهمنًا عارفًا. زلزِلْهُ رجفًا، يا روهيتا؛ وأذْوِه؛ وعلى قاتلِ البراهمن (brahmajya) أطلِقْ من جديدٍ القيودَ/الأحبال.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (requires anukramaṇī verification).
Devata: Sovereign deity identified by lordship of food and brahman (Bṛhaspati/Varuṇa-like), with Rohita as addressed agent.
Chandas: To be confirmed by metrical scan; refrain-driven.
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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