Atharva Veda 11.3.116: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 116
Sukta 3
४३॥ तत॑श्चैनम॒न्याभ्या॑मू॒रुभ्यां॒ प्राशी॒र्याभ्यां॑ चै॒तं पूर्व॒ ऋष॑यः॒ प्राश्न॑न्
tátas cainam anyā́bhyām ūrúbhyāṃ prá āśī́ryābhyāṃ ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prá aśnan
Thereafter, with the other pair of thighs—with the twain to be rent away—this man the ancient Seers did wholly consume.
फिर उसके दो टाँगे अलग कर दिए गए। पुराने रिशियों ने उसको पूरा खाया। यह एक रिचुअल था जो पहले लोग करते थे।
Rishi: Pūrvāḥ ṛṣayaḥ invoked as authority (no single named seer in excerpt)
Devata: Ritual precedent/ṛṣi-authority; implicitly the power of the Atharvanic act
Chandas: Prose / narrative style
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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