Mantra 14
Sukta 5
आचार्योऽ मृत्युर्वरुणः सोम ओषधयः पयः । जीभूता आसन्त्सत्वानस्तैरिदं स्व१राभृतम्
ācā́ryo mṛtyúr váruṇaḥ sóma óṣadhayaḥ páyaḥ | jībhūtā́ āsan sátvānas tair idáṃ svà ā́bhṛtam ||
The Teacher was Death, was Varuṇa; he was Soma, the Plants, the Milk. They became the tongues of living creatures; by them this heaven was brought and won.
आचार्यच मृत्यू होता, वरुण होता; तोच सोम, ओषधी आणि पयः (दूध) होता. ते प्राण्यांच्या जिभा झाले; त्यांच्याच द्वारे हे स्वः (स्वर्ग) आणले गेले व मिळवले गेले.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Ācārya/Brahmanical authority as composite of cosmic powers
Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh-like cadence, but doctrinally compressed
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