Atharva Veda 13.3.2: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 2
Sukta 3
यस्मा॒द् वाता॑ ऋतु॒था पव॑न्ते॒ यस्मा॑त् समु॒द्रा अधि॑ वि॒क्षर॑न्ति॒ तस्य॑ दे॒वस्य॑। क्रु॒द्धस्यै॒तदागो॒ य ए॒वं वि॒द्वांसं॑ ब्राह्म॒णं जि॒नाति॑ । उद् वे॑पय रोहित॒ प्र क्षि॑णीहि ब्रह्म॒ज्यस्य॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्च॒ पाशा॑न्
yásmād vā́tā r̥tuthā́ pávante yásmāt samudrā́ ádhi víkṣaranti tásya devásya | krúddhasyáitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pā́śān
From whom the winds blow forth in ordered season, from whom the oceans pour their streams abroad—of that god, when angered, this is the offence: he who, knowing thus, wrongs a learned Brahmin. Up, make him tremble, O Rohita; waste him away: against the brahma-injurer loose forth the nooses.
जिससे वायु ऋतु-ऋतु के क्रम से बहते हैं, जिससे समुद्र अपने प्रवाह चारों ओर उँडेलते हैं—उस देव के (क्रुद्ध होने पर) यह अपराध है: जो ऐसा जानकर भी विद्वान ब्राह्मण को सताता/पराजित करता है। हे रोहित, उसे ऊपर उठाकर कंपा दे; उसे क्षीण कर दे; ब्रह्म-हन्ता के विरुद्ध (उस पर) पाशों को छोड़ दे।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Rohita; wrathful cosmic regulator (Āditya/Prajāpati-like)
Chandas: Mixed; refrain-driven (edition-dependent)
Primary: raudra
Secondary: adbhuta
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