Atharva Veda 5.18.7: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 7
Sukta 18
श॒तापा॑ष्ठां॒ नि गि॑रति॒ तां न श॑क्नोति निः॒खिद॑म्। अन्नं॒ यो ब्र॒ह्मणां॑ म॒ल्वः स्वा॒द्व॑१द्मीति॒ मन्य॑ते
śatā́pāṣṭhāṃ ní girati tā́ṃ ná śaknóti níḥkhidam | ánnaṃ yó bráhmaṇāṃ málvaḥ svā́du ádmīti mányate ||
He swallows the hundred-barbed thing, and cannot cast it forth again. The Malva who thinks, ‘Sweetly I eat the Brahmins’ food’—
कोई ऐसा जो ब्राह्मणों का खाना खा के सोचता है कि क्या मज़ा आ गया। वो अपने अंदर एक चीज़ निगल जाता है जो सौ काँटे जैसी है। फिर उसे बाहर नहीं निकाल पाता। वो अंदर ही रह जाती है और उसे तकलीफ होती है।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Brahman/Taboo potency (implicit); no single named deity foregrounded
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Primary: bibhatsa
Secondary: bhayankara
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