Mantra 13

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवपीयुश्चरति मर्त्येषु गरगीर्णो भवत्यस्थिभूयान्। यो ब्राह्मणं देवबन्धुं हिनस्ति न स पितृयाणमप्येति लोकम्

IAST Transliteration

devápīyuś cárati mártyeṣu garagīrṇó bhávati ásthibhūyān | yó brā́hmaṇaṃ devábándhuṃ hinásti ná sá pitṛyā́ṇam ápy eti lokám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The godly draught moves abroad among mortals: he who hath swallowed poison becometh bone-exceeding, a mere frame. Whoso smiteth the Brahman, the Gods’ own kinsman, he goeth not—no, not at all—unto the world that is reached by the Fathers’ path.

Word by Word

देवपीयूःthe divine drink/nectar (as an agent)

चरतिmoves, goes about

मर्त्येषुamong mortals

गरगीर्णःswallowed by poison / poison-swallowed

भवतिbecomes

अस्थिभूयान्becoming mostly bone / bone-dominant

यःwho

ब्राह्मणम्a brāhmaṇa

देवबन्धुम्(one who is) kin/friend of the gods

हिनस्तिinjures, harms

नnot

सःhe

पितृयाणम्the path/way of the Fathers (pitṛs)

अपिeven, also

एतिgoes, reaches

लोकम्world, realm

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn cluster concerned with brāhmaṇa-injury; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī lists)

Devata: Brahman (sacral speech-power) and moral retribution; implicitly the Fathers’ path (pitṛyāna) as eschatological sanction

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic triṣṭubh/anuṣṭubh admixture possible; requires metrical scan of pada lengths)

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"raudra","secondary_rasa":"karuna","emotional_arc":"From stark depiction of poisoning’s ruin to stern condemnation and exclusion of the offender.","listener_experience":"A sense of dread and moral seriousness; protective outrage on behalf of the sacral person.","intensity":7}