Atharva Veda 13.3.11 - Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 11

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Atharva Veda 13.3.11: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 11

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृ॒हदे॑न॒मनु॑ वस्ते पु॒रस्ता॑द् रथंत॒रं प्रति॑ गृह्णाति प॒श्चात्। ज्योति॒र्वसा॑ने॒ सद॒मप्र॑मा॒दं तस्य॑ दे॒वस्य॑। क्रु॒द्धस्यै॒तदागो॒ य ए॒वं वि॒द्वांसं॑ ब्राह्म॒णं जि॒नाति॑ । उद् वे॑पय रोहित॒ प्र क्षि॑णीहि ब्रह्म॒ज्यस्य॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्च॒ पाशा॑न्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 13.3.11

IAST Transliteration

bṛhádénam ánu vaste purástād rathantarám práti gṛhṇāti paścā́t | jyótir vásānaḥ sádám apramā́daṃ tásya devásya | kruddhásyaitád ā́go yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ brāhmaṇáṃ jinā́ti | úd vepaya rohita prá kṣiṇīhi brahmajyásya práti muñca pāśā́n

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With Bṛhat he invests him; in front, Rathantara he takes to meet him from behind. Clothed in light, ever vigilant, (is) that god’s power. This is the offence against that god when wrathful—whoso thus overmasters a knowing Brahmin. Up, make him tremble, O Rohita; waste him away: against the brahma-slayer loose forth the nooses.

Translation

ബൃഹത് കൊണ്ടു അവനെ പൊതിയുന്നു; മുൻവശത്ത് രഥന്തര (സ്തോത്രം) അവനെ നേരിടുന്നു, പിന്നിൽ നിന്ന് പിടിച്ചെടുക്കുന്നു. ജ്യോതിസ്സിൽ വസ്ത്രധാരിയായി, സദാ അപ്രമാദിയായി—അത് ആ ദേവന്റെ ശക്തി. ക്രുദ്ധനായ ആ ദേവനോടുള്ള ഇതാണ് അപരാധം—ഇങ്ങനെ അറിവുള്ള ബ്രാഹ്മണനെ ജയിച്ചു അടക്കിവയ്ക്കുന്നവന്. എഴുന്നേൽക്ക, ഹേ രോഹിത; അവനെ വിറപ്പിക്ക; അവനെ ക്ഷയിപ്പിക്ക; ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യ (ബ്രഹ്മജ്യ) ദോഷത്തിനെതിരെ ബന്ധനങ്ങൾ (പാശങ്ങൾ) അഴിച്ചു വിടുക/മോചിപ്പിക്കുക.

Word by Word

बृहत्great, lofty

एनम्him/it (this one)

अनुafter, along

वस्तेclothes, covers

पुरस्तात्in front, from the east/front

रथन्तरम्the Rathantara (Sāman)

प्रतिtowards

गृह्णातिtakes, grasps

पश्चात्behind, afterwards

ज्योतिःlight

वसानःwearing, clothed

सदम्always

अप्रमादम्vigilance, non-negligence

तस्यof that

देवस्यof the god

क्रुद्धस्यof the angry (one)

एतत्this

आगःsin, offence

यःwho

एवम्thus

विद्वान्knowing, learned

ब्राह्मणम्a Brahmin

जिनातिovercomes, injures/defeats

उत्up, forth

वेपयmake (him) tremble

रोहितO Rohita

प्रforth, forward

क्षिणीहिdestroy, diminish

ब्रह्मज्यस्यof the Brahmin-slayer / of brahma-murder

प्रतिagainst, back

मुञ्चrelease, let loose

पाशान्nooses, bonds

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu (hymn to Rohita/solar power; precise r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Rohita (solar ‘Red One’), with functional overlap with Varuṇic ‘noose’ power and Sāman potency (Bṛhat/Rathantara).

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like triṣṭubh-jagatī tendencies with refrain; Atharvanic cadence (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara

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