Mantra 16
Sukta 3
शुक्रं वहन्ति हरयो रघुष्यदो देवं दिवि वर्चसा भ्राजमानम्। यस्योर्ध्वा दिवं तन्व१स्तपन्त्यर्वाङ् सुवर्णैः पटरैर्वि भाति तस्य देवस्य । क्रुद्धस्यैतदागो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
śukráṃ vahanti hárayo raghuṣyádo deváṃ diví várcasā bhrā́jamānam | yásyorḍhvā́ diváṃ tanvàs tápanty arvā́ṅ suvarṇáiḥ paṭaráir ví bhāti tásya devásya | kruddhásyaitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pā́śān ||
The bright bay steeds, swift-gliding, bear the God, in heaven resplendent with his holy lustre. Whose forms, uprising, heat the sky; and hitherward he shineth out with golden mantles—of that God. This is the offence against the wrathful One: whoso thus a knowing Brahman wrongs. Up, make him tremble, O Rohita; waste him away: upon the Brahman-hurter loose back the nooses.
Rishi: Traditionally connected with solar/Āditya seers in Rohita-hymn cycles (Saunaka tradition associates 13.3 with Rohita/Āditya praise; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Rohita (solar Āditya; punitive radiant deity)
Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence with refrain; Atharvanic refrain structure (edition-dependent metrical labeling).
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