Sukta 17
यामा॒हुस्तार॑कै॒षा वि॑के॒शीति॑ दु॒च्छुनां॒ ग्राम॑मव॒पद्य॑मानाम्। सा ब्र॑ह्मजा॒या वि दु॑नोति रा॒ष्ट्रं यत्र॒ प्रापा॑दि श॒श उ॑ल्कु॒षीमा॑न्
yā́m ā́hus tārakā́ eṣā́ vikéśīti duḥchúnāṃ grā́mam avapádyamānām | sā́ brahmajā́yā ví dunoti rāṣṭráṃ yátra prā́pādi śaśá ulkuṣī́mān
Whom they call Tārakā, ‘the Dishevelled-haired,’ as she comes down upon the village with evil affliction—she, the Brahman’s Wife, rends the realm asunder, where the ulkuṣa-marked hare hath entered.
يُسمّونها تَارَكَا «مُرسَلةَ الشَّعر»؛ إذ تهبط على القرية ببلاءٍ خبيث—هي زوجةُ البراهمن، تُمزِّقُ المملكةَ شطرين حيث دخل الأرنبُ الموسومُ بعلامةِ أُلكُشَا (ulkuṣa).
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous)
Devata: Duḥchunā (as personified affliction) countered by protective brahman; rāṣṭra as protected object
Chandas: Mixed/irregular
Primary: bhayankara
Secondary: raudra
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