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Atharvaveda 8.3.15

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.3.15

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Sanskrit

8.3.15

yáḥ páuruṣeyeṇa kravíṣā samaṅkté yó áśvyena paśúnā yātudhā́naḥ |
yó aghnyā́yā bhárati kṣīrám agne téṣāṃ śīrṣā́ṇi hárasā́pi vr̥śca ||15||

The sorcerer that smears himself (sam-añj) with the flesh of men, who with that of horses, with cattle, who bears [off] the milk of the inviolable [cow], O Agni—their heads cut thou into with flame.

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

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