Mantra 15
Sukta 3
अयं स देवो अप्स्व१न्तः सहस्रमूलः पुरुशाको अत्त्रिः । य इदं विश्वं भुवनं जजान तस्य देवस्य । क्रुद्धस्यैतदागो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
ayáṃ sá devó apsv àntaḥ sahásramūlaḥ puruṣā́ko attríḥ | yá idáṃ víśvaṃ bhúvanaṃ jajā́na tásya devásya | kruddhásyaitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pāśā́n
This is that god within the waters—thousand-rooted, man-formed, a devourer—who begat this whole world of being. This is the offence against that god when wrathful—whoso thus overmasters a knowing Brahmin. Up, make him tremble, O Rohita; waste him away: against the brahma-slayer loose forth the nooses.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable)
Devata: Rohita (solar/cosmogonic, hidden in waters)
Chandas: Mixed; refrain-driven
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