Mantra 11
Sukta 19
नवैव ता नवतयो या भूमिर्व्यऽधूनुत । प्रजां हिंसित्वा ब्राह्मणीमसंभव्यं पराभवन्
návaivá tā́ navatáyo yā́ bhū́mir vy àdhūnutá | prajā́ṃ hiṃsitvā́ brāhmaṇī́m asambhavyáṃ parā́bhavan ||
Even nine—those companies of ninety—whom Earth cast off and scattered: for, having harmed the folk and wrought outrage upon a Brahmin woman, they fell to ruin, a deed intolerable.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (verify Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Bhūmi (Earth) as moral agent; brahmanic sanctity as protected order
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (to be confirmed)
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