Mantra 15
Sukta 3
यः पौरुषेयेण क्रविषा समङ्क्ते यो अश्व्येन पशुना यातुधानः । यो अघ्न्याया भरति क्षीरमग्ने तेषां शीर्षाणि हरसापि वृश्च
yáḥ paúruṣeyena kravíṣā samaṅkté yó aśvyéna paśúnā yātudhā́naḥ | yó aghnyā́yā bhárati kṣīrám agne téṣāṃ śīrṣā́ṇi hárasā́pi vṛśca
Whoso with human flesh anoints himself, whoso the Yātudhāna with horse and beast (for victim) — whoso bears away the milk of the inviolable cow, O Agni: of such cut off the heads with thy fierce heat.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable anukramaṇī attribution)
Devata: Agni (as punitive protector); target: yātudhāna offenders
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like
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