Mantra 15

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः पौरुषेयेण क्रविषा समङ्क्ते यो अश्व्येन पशुना यातुधानः । यो अघ्न्याया भरति क्षीरमग्ने तेषां शीर्षाणि हरसापि वृश्च

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ paúruṣeyena kravíṣā samaṅkté yó aśvyéna paśúnā yātudhā́naḥ | yó aghnyā́yā bhárati kṣīrám agne téṣāṃ śīrṣā́ṇi hárasā́pi vṛśca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso with human flesh anoints himself, whoso the Yātudhāna with horse and beast (for victim) — whoso bears away the milk of the inviolable cow, O Agni: of such cut off the heads with thy fierce heat.

Translation

যি মানুহৰ মাংস (ক্ৰৱিষা) লৈ নিজকে লেপে, যি যাতুধান ঘোঁৰা আৰু পশুক বলি কৰি (অপবিত্ৰ কৰ্ম কৰে), আৰু যি অঘ্ন্যা গাইৰ গাখীৰ কঢ়িয়াই নিয়ে—হে অগ্নি, তোৰ তীব্ৰ তাপ (হৰসা)ৰে তেনেসকলৰ মূৰ কাটি পেলাওক।

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

पौरुषेयेणwith human (flesh), human-derived

क्रविषाwith raw flesh

समङ्क्तेsmears/anoints (himself/for himself)

यःwho

अश्व्येनwith horse(-flesh), equine

पशुनाwith an animal

यातुधानःa sorcerer/demon (yātudhāna)

यःwho

अघ्न्यायाःof the cow (the ‘not-to-be-killed’ one)

भरतिcarries/brings

क्षीरम्milk

अग्नेO Agni

तेषाम्of those

शीर्षाणिheads

हरसाwith flame/heat (burning power)

अपिalso, indeed

वृश्चcut off!

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable anukramaṇī attribution)

Devata: Agni (as punitive protector); target: yātudhāna offenders

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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