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Atharvaveda 5.19.5

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.19.5

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5.19.5

krūrám asyā āśásanaṃ tr̥ṣṭáṃ piśitám asyate |
kṣīráṃ yád asyāḥ pīyáte tád vái pitŕ̥ṣu kílbiṣam ||5||

Cruel is the cutting up of her; harsh to eat (?) is her prepared flesh (piçitám); in that the milk (kṣīrá) of her is drunk, that verily is an offense against the Fathers.

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

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