Atharva Veda 13.3.22: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 22
Sukta 3
वि य और्णो॑त् पृथि॒वीं जाय॑मान॒ आ स॑मु॒द्रमदधाद॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ तस्य॑ दे॒वस्य॑ । क्रु॒द्धस्यै॒तदागो॒ य ए॒वं वि॒द्वांसं॑ ब्राह्म॒णं जि॒नाति॑ उद् वे॑पय रोहित॒ प्र क्षि॑णीहि ब्रह्म॒ज्यस्य॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्च॒ पाशा॑न्
ví yá āúrṇot pṛthivī́ṃ jā́yamāna ā́ samudrám adadhād antárikṣe tásya devásya | kruddhásyáitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pā́śān ||
He who, being born, overspread the Earth, who set the Ocean in the mid-air—of that God: this is the offence against the wrathful One, whoso, thus knowing, injureth a learned Brahman. Up—make him tremble, O Rohita; waste him away: in requital loose forth the nooses upon the Brahma-hurter.
Jab woh paida hua, usne poori dharti ko faila diya. Usne samundar ko aasmaan mein rakh diya. Jo koi jaan ke bhi brahmin ko takleef deta hai, woh us gusse wale bhagwan ka paapi hai. Rohita, usko hila de, usko khatam kar, jo brahmin ko dukh deta hai usko pakad ke faans mein daal.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain in this extract)
Devata: A cosmogonic ‘that god’ (tásya devásya), with Rohita as executing power
Chandas: Mixed/irregular; curse-refrain style
Primary: raudra
Secondary: adbhuta
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