Mantra 8
Sukta 3
अहोरात्रैर्विमितं त्रिंशदङ्गं त्रयोदशं मासं यो निर्मिमीते तस्य देवस्य । क्रुद्धस्यैतदागो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
ahorātráir vímitaṃ triṃśád-aṅgaṃ trayodaśáṃ mā́saṃ yó nirmímīte tásya devásya | kruddhásyaitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pā́śān
He who by day-and-night measured out the month of thirty parts, yea even the thirteenth month, who meted it forth—of that God. This is the offence against that wrathful God, whoso thus wrongs a knowing Brahmin. Make him quake, O Rohita; waste him away; against the Brahmin-hurter loose back the nooses.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (anukramaṇī needed).
Devata: Kāla/sovereign measurer deity (implicit), with Rohita addressed.
Chandas: To be confirmed by scan.
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