Atharva Veda 20.16.8: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 8
Sukta 16
अश्नापि॑नद्धं॒ मधु॒ पर्य॑पश्य॒न्मत्स्यं॒ न दी॒न उ॒दनि॑ क्षि॒यन्त॑म्। निष्टज्ज॑भार चम॒सं न वृ॒क्षाद् बृह॒स्पति॑र्विर॒वेणा॑ वि॒कृत्य॑
aśnā́pinaddhaṃ mádhu páry apaśyan mátsyaṃ ná dīná udáni kṣiyántam | niṣṭáj jahāra camásaṃ ná vṛkṣā́d bṛ́haspátir viravéṇā́ vikṛ́tya ||
He spied the honey, stone-fast bound, as one espies a feeble fish abiding in the water. From its fixed lair he bore it off, as from a tree one takes a cup: Bṛhaspati, with ringing cry, having cleft it asunder.
Er erspähte den Honig, steinfest gebunden, wie man einen schwachen Fisch erspäht, der im Wasser verweilt. Aus seinem festen Lager trug er ihn fort, wie man von einem Baum einen Becher nimmt: Bṛhaspati, mit klingendem Ruf, nachdem er ihn gespalten hatte.
Rishi: Bṛhaspati (mythic seer figure) / Angiras-tradition
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style; AV 20 largely Rigvedic borrowings)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: vira
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