Mantra 44
Sukta 5
विवाहां ज्ञातीन्त्सर्वानपि क्षापयति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यस्य क्षत्रियेणापुनर्दीयमाना
vi-vāhā́n jñātī́n sárvān ápi kṣāpayati brahma-gavī́ brahma-jyásya kṣatríyeṇā́punaḥ-dīyamānā
The marriage-alliances, the kinsmen—all likewise it wasteth away—when the brahmagavī, withheld from restitution by a Kṣatriya, belongeth to the brahmajya-offender.
विवाह-संबंध, ज्ञाति—सबको भी यह क्षीण कर देता है—जब ब्रह्मगवी (ब्राह्मण की गाय), जिसे क्षत्रिय ने प्रत्यर्पण (वापसी) से रोक रखा हो, ब्रह्मज्य-अपराधी के पास रह जाती है।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input).
Devata: Brahmagavī (personified sacral cow) and brahma-tejas as enforcing power.
Chandas: Mixed; long pāda with prose-like extension.
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