Atharva Veda 5.18.13: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 13
Sukta 18
दे॒व॒पी॒युश्च॑रति॒ मर्त्ये॑षु गरगी॒र्णो भ॑व॒त्यस्थि॑भूयान्। यो ब्रा॑ह्म॒णं दे॒वब॑न्धुं हि॒नस्ति॒ न स पि॑तृ॒याण॒मप्ये॑ति लो॒कम्
devápīyuś cárati mártyeṣu garagīrṇó bhávati ásthibhūyān | yó brā́hmaṇaṃ devábándhuṃ hinásti ná sá pitṛyā́ṇam ápy eti lokám ||
The godly draught moves abroad among mortals: he who hath swallowed poison becometh bone-exceeding, a mere frame. Whoso smiteth the Brahman, the Gods’ own kinsman, he goeth not—no, not at all—unto the world that is reached by the Fathers’ path.
जैसे ज़हर फैलता है लोगों में, वैसे ही जो ब्राह्मण को मारता है वो अंदर से सूख जाता है। ब्राह्मण भगवान का अपना बंदा है। जो उसको तकलीफ़ देता है वो अपने बाप दादा के पास भी नहीं पहुँच पाता।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn cluster concerned with brāhmaṇa-injury; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī lists)
Devata: Brahman (sacral speech-power) and moral retribution; implicitly the Fathers’ path (pitṛyāna) as eschatological sanction
Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic triṣṭubh/anuṣṭubh admixture possible; requires metrical scan of pada lengths)
Primary: raudra
Secondary: karuna
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