Atharva Veda 13.3.15: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 15
Sukta 3
अ॒यं स दे॒वो अ॒प्स्व॑१न्तः स॒हस्र॑मूलः पुरु॒शाको॒ अत्त्रिः॑ । य इ॒दं विश्वं॒ भुव॑नं ज॒जान॒ तस्य॑ दे॒वस्य॑ । क्रु॒द्धस्यै॒तदागो॒ य ए॒वं वि॒द्वांसं॑ ब्राह्म॒णं जि॒नाति॑ । उद् वे॑पय रोहित॒ प्र क्षि॑णीहि ब्रह्म॒ज्यस्य॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्च॒ पाशा॑न्
ayáṃ sá devó apsv àntaḥ sahásramūlaḥ puruṣā́ko attríḥ | yá idáṃ víśvaṃ bhúvanaṃ jajā́na tásya devásya | kruddhásyaitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pāśā́n
This is that god within the waters—thousand-rooted, man-formed, a devourer—who begat this whole world of being. This is the offence against that god when wrathful—whoso thus overmasters a knowing Brahmin. Up, make him tremble, O Rohita; waste him away: against the brahma-slayer loose forth the nooses.
Dies ist jener Gott in den Wassern: tausendwurzlig, in Puruṣa‑Gestalt, ein Verzehrer. Er zeugte diese ganze Welt des Seins — jenes Gottes. Dies ist die Verfehlung gegen jenen Gott, wenn er erzürnt ist: wer so einen wissenden Brahmanen niederzwingt. Auf, lass ihn erzittern, o Rohita; zehre ihn aus: gegen den brahmajya (Brahmanenmörder) löse die Schlingen.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable)
Devata: Rohita (solar/cosmogonic, hidden in waters)
Chandas: Mixed; refrain-driven
Primary: raudra
Secondary: adbhuta
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