Mantra 5
Sukta 128
ये च देवा अयजन्ताथो ये च पराददिः । सूर्यो दिवमिव गत्वाय मघवा नो वि रप्शते
yé ca devā́ áyajan ā́tho yé ca parādadíḥ | sū́ryo dívam iva gatvā́ya maghávā no ví rapśate ||
Both they who sacrificed not—yea, they who cast the rite away—(as) the Sun, as though to heaven he had departed: the Bounteous One doth rend us asunder.
Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (AV 20 supplement); specific ṛṣi uncertain.
Devata: Sūrya (explicit) and Maghavān/Indra (by epithet).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
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