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अथर्ववेद - काण्ड 5/ सूक्त 18/ मन्त्र 15
सूक्त - मयोभूः
देवता - ब्रह्मगवी
छन्दः - अनुष्टुप्
सूक्तम् - ब्रह्मगवी सूक्त
इषु॑रिव दि॒ग्धा नृ॑पते पृदा॒कूरि॑व गोपते। सा ब्रा॑ह्म॒णस्येषु॑र्घो॒रा तया॑ विध्यति॒ पीय॑तः ॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठइषु॑:ऽइव । दि॒ग्धा । नृ॒ऽप॒ते॒ । पृ॒दा॒कू:ऽइ॑व । गो॒ऽप॒ते॒ । सा । ब्रा॒ह्म॒णस्य॑ । इषु॑: । घो॒रा । तया॑ । वि॒ध्य॒ति॒ । पीय॑त: ॥१८.१५॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
इषुरिव दिग्धा नृपते पृदाकूरिव गोपते। सा ब्राह्मणस्येषुर्घोरा तया विध्यति पीयतः ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठइषु:ऽइव । दिग्धा । नृऽपते । पृदाकू:ऽइव । गोऽपते । सा । ब्राह्मणस्य । इषु: । घोरा । तया । विध्यति । पीयत: ॥१८.१५॥
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Subject - Brahma Gavi
Meaning -
O ruler of the people, O protector of the nation’s Cow, like an arrow tempered in fire with poison, deadly like the strike of the cobra is the voice and piety of the Brahmana, if violated, and that is the fatal strike of his blow. With that arrow the Brahmana fixes and fells the violators of life’s sanctity, suppressors of freedom and piety, and challengers of the servants of Divinity. (Brahmana’s ‘Cow’, thus, is not a mere animal. It is the spirit and culture of humanity, it is the soul and sanctity of Nature, and it is the will and command of Divinity. To serve it means the invitation to life, to challenge it means the call for death.)