Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Atharvaveda 5.19.6

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.19.6

Language
Sanskrit

5.19.6

ugró rā́jā mányamāno brāhmaṇáṃ yó jíghatsati |
párā tát sicyate rāṣṭráṃ brāhmaṇó yátra jīyáte ||6||

A king who thinks himself formidable, [and] who desires to devour a Brahman—that kingdom is poured away, where a Brahman is scathed (jyā).

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

Translations (3)

Commentaries (2)

Linked texts (1)

Discussed in (1)