Atharvaveda 5.19: sūktaṃ 5.19

Atharvaveda 5.19

atimātramavardhanta nodiva divamaspṛśan .
bhṛguṃ hiṃsitvā sṛñjayā vaitahavyāḥ parābhavan ..1..

ye bṛhatsāmānamāṅgirasamārpayan brāhmaṇaṃ janāḥ .
petvasteṣāmubhayādamavistokānyāvayat..2..

ye brāhmaṇaṃ pratyaṣṭhīvan ye vāsmiñchulkamīṣire .
asnaste madhye kulyāyāḥ keśān khādanta āsate ..3..

brahmagavī pacyamānā yāvatsābhi vijaṅgahe .
tejo rāṣṭrasya nirhanti na vīro jāyate vṛṣā ..4..

krūramasyā āśasanaṃ tṛṣṭaṃ piśitamasyate .
kṣīraṃ yadasyāḥ pīyate tadvai pitṛṣu kilbiṣam ..5..

ugro rājā manyamāno brāhmaṇaṃ yo jighatsati .
parā tatsicyate rāṣṭraṃ brāhmaṇo yatra jīyate ..6..

aṣṭāpadī caturakṣī catuḥśrotrā caturhanuḥ .
dvyāsyā dvijihvā bhūtvā sā rāṣṭramava dhūnute brahmajyasya ..7..

tadvai rāṣṭramā sravati nāvaṃ bhinnāmivodakam .
brahmāṇaṃ yatra hiṃsanti tadrāṣṭraṃ hanti duchunā ..8..

taṃ vṛkṣā apa sedhanti chāyāṃ no mopa gā iti .
yo brāhmaṇasya saddhanamabhi nārada manyate ..9..

viṣametaddevakṛtaṃ rājā varuṇo'bravīt.
na brāhmaṇasya gāṃ jagdhvā rāstre jāgāra kaścana ..10..

navaiva tā navatayo yā bhūmirvyadhūnuta .
prajāṃ hiṃsitvā brāhmaṇīmasaṃbhavyaṃ parābhavan ..11..

yāṃ mṛtāyānubadhnanti kūdyaṃ padayopanīm .
tadvai brahmajya te devā upastaraṇamabruvan ..12..

aśrūṇi kṛpamānasya yāni jītasya vāvṛtuḥ .
taṃ vai brahmajya te devā apāṃ bhāgamadhārayan ..13..

yena mṛtaṃ snapayanti śmaśrūṇi yenondate .
taṃ vai brahmajya te devā apāṃ bhāgamadhārayan ..14..

na varṣaṃ maitrāvaruṇaṃ brahmajyamabhi varṣati .
nāsmai samitiḥ kalpate na mitraṃ nayate vaśam ..15..

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