Atharva Veda 13.3.6: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 6
Sukta 3
यस्मि॒न् षडु॒र्वीः पञ्च॒ दिशो॒ अधि॑ श्रि॒ताश्चत॑स्र॒ आपो॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ त्रयो॒ऽक्षराः॑ । यो अ॑न्त॒रा रोद॑सी क्रु॒द्धश्चक्षु॒षैक्ष॑त॒ तस्य॑ दे॒वस्य॑ । क्रु॒द्धस्यै॒तदागो॒ य ए॒वं वि॒द्वांसं॑ ब्राह्म॒णं जि॒नाति॑ । उद् वे॑पय रोहित॒ प्र क्षि॑णीहि ब्रह्म॒ज्यस्य॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्च॒ पाशा॑न्
yásmin ṣáḍ urvī́ḥ páñca díśo ádhi śritā́ś catásra ā́po yajñásya tráyo ’kṣárāḥ | yó antárā ródasī kruddháś cákṣuṣā́ikṣata tásya devásya | kruddhásyaitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pā́śān
In whom are set the six broad regions; on whom the five directions rest; (in whom are) the four Waters; (in whom) of Sacrifice the three imperishable syllables:—He who, wrathful, looked with his eye between the two worlds—of that God. This is the offence against that wrathful God, whoso thus wrongs a knowing Brahmin. Make him quake, O Rohita; waste him away; against the Brahmin-hurter loose back the nooses.
En qui sont établies les six vastes régions; sur qui reposent les cinq directions; (en qui sont) les quatre Eaux; (en qui) du Sacrifice (sont) les trois syllabes impérissables; — lui, courroucé, regarda de son œil entre les deux mondes: de ce Dieu. Telle est la faute contre le Dieu courroucé: quiconque ainsi lèse un brahmane sachant. Debout, fais-le trembler, ô Rohita; consume-le: sur le meurtrier du brahmane renvoie les lacets.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies; requires pada-anukramaṇī confirmation).
Devata: Rohita (as punitive divine agent) and the wrathful cosmic deity implied as support of worlds (Varuṇa-like sovereignty).
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly triṣṭubh/jagatī-like cadence with refrain (to be confirmed by metrical scan).
Primary: bhayankara
Secondary: raudra
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