Mantra 6

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अतीव यो मरुतो मन्यते नो ब्रह्म वा यो निन्दिषत् क्रियमाणम्। तपूंषि तस्मै वृजिनानि सन्तु ब्रह्मद्विषं द्यौरभिसंतपाति

IAST Transliteration

atī́va yó maruto mányate no bráhma vā yó níndiṣat kriyámāṇam | tapū́ṃṣi tásmai vṛjinā́ni santu brahmadvíṣaṃ dyáur abhísantapāti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso, O Maruts, beyond all measure deemeth ill of us, or whoso revileth the holy spell while it is being wrought,—for him let burnings and misfortunes be: Heaven on the hater of the Brahman shall scorch down fiercely.

Word by Word

अतीवexcessively, too much

यःwho (he who)

मरुतःthe Maruts

मन्यतेthinks, supposes

नःof us / to us

ब्रह्मsacred utterance, prayer; brahman

वाor

यःwho

निन्दिषत्should revile / may revile

क्रियमाणम्being done, being performed

तपूंषिheats, burnings; austerity-fires (torments)

तस्मैto him

वृजिनानिevils, sins, misfortunes

सन्तुlet them be

ब्रह्मद्विषम्the brahman-hater, one who hates sacred prayer

द्यौःHeaven, the Sky

अभिसंतपातिheats thoroughly, scorches

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed broadly to Atharvan/Angiras lineages for protective-imprecatory material; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt).

Devata: Maruts; and Dyauḥ (Heaven) as punitive executor; brahman (mantra-power) as quasi-agent.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; four pādas with ~8 syllables tendency, though Atharvanic anuṣṭubh is often flexible).

Mantra Rasa

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