Mantra 2
Sukta 128
यो जाम्या अप्रथयस्तद् यत् सखायं दुधूर्षति । ज्येष्ठो यदप्रचेतास्तदाहुरधरागिति
yó jāḿyā áprathayas tád yát sakhā́yaṁ dudhū́rṣati | jyéṣṭho yád apracetā́s tád āhur ádharā́ íti ||
Whoso among his own folk furthereth not their weal—inasmuch as he would fain assail a comrade—when the elder is void of counsel, that, men say, is ‘the lower sort.’
Rishi: Traditionally Ṛgvedic provenance (Book 20 supplement); specific ṛṣi attribution for 20.128 is not uniform across ancillary lists.
Devata: Implicit: social order/dharma; no single devatā explicitly invoked in this mantra.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.; AV 20 often preserves RV-style meters)
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