Atharva Veda 13.3.11: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 11
Sukta 3
बृ॒हदे॑न॒मनु॑ वस्ते पु॒रस्ता॑द् रथंत॒रं प्रति॑ गृह्णाति प॒श्चात्। ज्योति॒र्वसा॑ने॒ सद॒मप्र॑मा॒दं तस्य॑ दे॒वस्य॑। क्रु॒द्धस्यै॒तदागो॒ य ए॒वं वि॒द्वांसं॑ ब्राह्म॒णं जि॒नाति॑ । उद् वे॑पय रोहित॒ प्र क्षि॑णीहि ब्रह्म॒ज्यस्य॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्च॒ पाशा॑न्
bṛhádénam ánu vaste purástād rathantarám práti gṛhṇāti paścā́t | jyótir vásānaḥ sádám apramā́daṃ tásya devásya | kruddhásyaitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pāśā́n
With Bṛhat he invests him; in front, Rathantara he takes to meet him from behind. Clothed in light, ever vigilant, (is) that god’s power. This is the offence against that god when wrathful—whoso thus overmasters a knowing Brahmin. Up, make him tremble, O Rohita; waste him away: against the brahma-slayer loose forth the nooses.
Con Bṛhat lo reviste; delante (está) Rathantara, y desde atrás lo recibe al encuentro. Vestido de luz, siempre vigilante: tal es el poder de ese dios. Ésta es la ofensa contra ese dios cuando está airado: quien así somete a un brahmán conocedor. ¡Arriba, hazlo temblar, oh Rohita; consúmelo, agótalo: contra el matador del brahman suelta (sobre él) las ataduras!
Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu (hymn to Rohita/solar power; precise r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition).
Devata: Rohita (solar ‘Red One’), with functional overlap with Varuṇic ‘noose’ power and Sāman potency (Bṛhat/Rathantara).
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like triṣṭubh-jagatī tendencies with refrain; Atharvanic cadence (edition-dependent).
Primary: raudra
Secondary: bhayankara
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