Mantra 21
Sukta 7
असच्छाखां प्रतिष्ठन्तीं परममिव जना विदुः । उतो सन्मन्यन्तेऽवरे ये ते शाखामुपासते
asác-chākhāṃ pratíṣṭhantīṃ paramám iva jánā vidúḥ | utó sán manyánte ’váre yé té śā́khām upā́sate
Men know a branch of untruth, standing established, as though it were the highest; and the lower sort deem it verily real—those who attend upon that branch.
অসত্যৰ এটা ডাল, যেন সেয়াই পৰম, তেনে স্থিৰভাৱে প্ৰতিষ্ঠিত—মানুহে তাক জানে। আৰু যিসকল নীচতৰৰ লোক সেই ডালক উপাসনা-আশ্ৰয় কৰে, তেওঁলোকে তাকেই সঁচা বুলি নিশ্চিতভাৱে মানে।
Rishi: Atharvanic Skambha-seer tradition
Devata: Implicitly Skambha/Truth (sat) as the highest; no single anthropomorphic deity
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (irregular)
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