Mantra 7
Sukta 17
ये गर्भा अवपद्यन्ते जगद् यच्चापलुप्यते । वीरा ये तृह्यन्ते मिथो ब्रह्मजाया हिनस्ति तान्
yé gárbhā́ avapádyante jágad yác cāpalupyáte | vīrā́ yé tŕ̥hyante mithó brahmajāyā́ hinasti tā́n
What embryos fall away, what living order is marred, and what is lost and swept to ruin; what sons are crushed in mutual strife—those the Brahman’s wife smiteth.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (legal-apotropaic register).
Devata: Brahmajāyā as punitive agency.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).
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