Mantra 15

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः पौरुषेयेण क्रविषा समङ्क्ते यो अश्व्येन पशुना यातुधानः । यो अघ्न्याया भरति क्षीरमग्ने तेषां शीर्षाणि हरसापि वृश्च

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ paúruṣeyena kravíṣā samaṅkté yó aśvyéna paśúnā yātudhā́naḥ | yó aghnyā́yā bhárati kṣīrám agne téṣāṃ śīrṣā́ṇi hárasā́pi vṛśca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso with human flesh anoints himself, whoso the Yātudhāna with horse and beast (for victim) — whoso bears away the milk of the inviolable cow, O Agni: of such cut off the heads with thy fierce heat.

Translation

जो पुरुष-मांस (पौरुषेय क्रविष) से अपने को लेपता है, जो यातुधान घोड़े और पशु को बलि-वस्तु बनाता है; जो अघ्न्या (अवध्य) गौ का दूध उठा ले जाता है—हे अग्नि, ऐसे लोगों के सिर अपने प्रचण्ड तेज से काट डाल।

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

पौरुषेयेणwith human (flesh), human-derived

क्रविषाwith raw flesh

समङ्क्तेsmears/anoints (himself/for himself)

यःwho

अश्व्येनwith horse(-flesh), equine

पशुनाwith an animal

यातुधानःa sorcerer/demon (yātudhāna)

यःwho

अघ्न्यायाःof the cow (the ‘not-to-be-killed’ one)

भरतिcarries/brings

क्षीरम्milk

अग्नेO Agni

तेषाम्of those

शीर्षाणिheads

हरसाwith flame/heat (burning power)

अपिalso, indeed

वृश्चcut off!

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable anukramaṇī attribution)

Devata: Agni (as punitive protector); target: yātudhāna offenders

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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