Mantra 2
Sukta 118
उग्रंपश्ये राष्ट्रभृत् किल्बिषाणि यदक्षवृत्तमनु दत्तं न एतत्। ऋणान्नो नर्णमेर्त्समानो यमस्य लोके अधिरज्जुरायत्
ugrámpaśye rā́ṣṭrabhṛt kilbíṣāṇi yád ákṣavṛttám ánu dattaṃ na etát | ṛṇā́n no nṛ́ṇam értsamāno yamásya lóke ádhi rajjúḥ ā́yat
O Ugrampaśyā, supporter of the realm: the offences—this which, as dice-practice, hath been given to follow upon us—he, seeking to reach men, from our debt, in Yama’s world, hath stretched the rope above (us).
हे उग्रंपश्ये राष्ट्रभृत्! किल्बिषाणि—यद् अक्षवृत्तमनु नः दत्तम् एतत्—पश्यामि। ऋणात् नः नरान् एर्त्समानः सः यमस्य लोके अधि रज्जुं जुराययत्।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Ugrampaśyā (Apsaras) with Yama as the threatening authority
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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