Sukta 18
एकशतं ता जनता या भूमिर्व्यऽधूनुत । प्रजां हिंसित्वा ब्राह्मणीमसंभव्यं पराभवन्
ékaśataṁ tā́ janátā yā́ bhū́mir vy-àdhūnut | prajā́ṁ hiṁsitvā́ brāhmaṇī́m asaṁbhávyam parā́bhavan ||
A hundred were they, that folk whom Earth shook off and cast away: having wronged the people, having violated the Brahman woman, they fell to ruin—an end not to be endured.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Bhūmi (Earth) as expelling power; brahmanic social order as implicit deity-force
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
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