Atharva Veda 3.11.8: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 8
Sukta 11
अ॒भि त्वा॑ जरि॒माहि॑त॒ गामु॒क्षण॑मिव॒ रज्ज्वा । यस्त्वा॑ मृ॒त्युर॒भ्यध॑त्त॒ जाय॑मानं सुपा॒शया॑ । तं ते॑ स॒त्यस्य॒ हस्ता॑भ्या॒मुद॑मुञ्च॒द् बृह॒स्पतिः॑
abhí tvā jarimā́hita gā́m ukṣáṇam iva rájjvā́ | yás tvā mṛtyúr abhyádhatta jā́yamānaṃ supā́śayā | táṃ te satyásya hástābhyām úd amuñcad bṛ́haspátiḥ ||
Upon thee hath Age been laid, as with a rope one bindeth cow or bull. What Death, with well-knit noose, hath fastened on thee from thy very birth—that bond for thee did Bṛhaspati, with the hands of Truth, unloose and draw forth.
Auf dich ist das Alter gelegt, wie man mit einem Seil Kuh oder Stier bindet. Welche Todesmacht dich, mit fest geknüpfter Schlinge, von deiner Geburt an gefesselt hat — dieses Band hat dir Bṛhaspati mit den Händen der Wahrheit gelöst und herausgezogen.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Bṛhaspati (as bandhana-mocaka); adversary: Mṛtyu; associated: Jarimā/Jarā
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like expansion (longer, narrative charm-verse; not strict anuṣṭubh)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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