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Sukta 19
क्रू॒रम॑स्या आ॒शस॑नं तृ॒ष्टं पि॑शि॒तम॑स्यते । क्षी॒रं यद॑स्याः पी॒यते॒ तद् वै पि॒तृषु॒ किल्बि॑षम्
krūrám asyā́ āśásanaṁ tṛṣṭáṁ piśitám asyate | kṣīráṁ yád asyā́ḥ pī́yate tád vái pitṛ́ṣu kílbiṣam ||
Cruel is the eating of her—her flesh is devoured in greedy thirst; and the milk of her that is drunk, that verily is guilt among the Fathers.
ఆమెను భక్షించడం క్రూరం—తృష్ణతో లోభించి ఆమె మాంసాన్ని తింటారు. ఆమె పాలు ఏవి త్రాగబడతాయో, అది పితృలలో నిశ్చయంగా పాపం/కల్మషం.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition
Devata: Pitṛs (as moral witnesses) and brahma-tejas (as sanctioning force)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: raudra
Secondary: bhayankara
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