Atharva Veda · Chapter 5.18

5.18
naitāṃ te devā adadustubhyaṃ nṛpate attave /
mā brāhmaṇasya rājanya gāṃ jighatso anādyām

akṣadrugdho rājanyaḥ pāpa ātmaparājitaḥ /
sa brāhmaṇasya gāmadyādadya jīvāni mā śvaḥ

āviṣṭitāghaviṣā pṛdākūriva carmaṇā /
sā brāhmaṇasya rājanya tṛṣṭaiṣā gauranādyā

nirvai kṣatraṃ nayati hanti varco'gnirivārabdho vi dunoti sarvam /
yo brāhmaṇaṃ manyate annameva sa viṣasya pibati taimātasya

ya enaṃ hanti mṛduṃ manyamāno devapīyurdhanakāmo na cittāt/
saṃ tasyendro hṛdaye'gnimindhe ubhe enaṃ dviṣṭo nabhasī carantam

na brāhmaṇo hiṃsitavyo'gniḥ priyatanoriva /
somo hyasya dāyāda indro asyābhiśastipāḥ

śatāpāṣṭhāṃ ni girati tāṃ na śaknoti niḥkhidam /
annaṃ yo brahmaṇāṃ malvaḥ svādvadmīti manyate

jihvā jyā bhavati kulmalaṃ vāṅnāḍīkā dantāstapasābhidigdhāḥ /
tebhirbrahmā vidhyati devapīyūn hṛdbalairdhanurbhirdevajūtaiḥ

tīkṣṇeṣavo brāhmaṇā hetimanto yāmasyanti śaravyāṃ na sā mṛṣā /
anuhāya tapasā manyunā cota dūrādava bhindantyenam

ye sahasramarājann āsan daśaśatā uta /
te brāhmaṇasya gāṃ jagdhvā vaitahavyāḥ parābhavan

gaureva tān hanyamānā vaitahavyāmavātirat/
ye kesaraprābandhāyāścaramājāmapeciran

ekaśataṃ tā janatā yā bhūmirvyadhūnuta /
prajāṃ hiṃsitvā brāhmaṇīmasaṃbhavyaṃ parābhavan

devapīyuścarati martyeṣu garagīrṇo bhavatyasthibhūyān /
yo brāhmaṇaṃ devabandhuṃ hinasti na sa pitṛyāṇamapyeti lokam

agnirvai naḥ padavāyaḥ somo dāyāda ucyate /
hantābhiśastendrastathā tadvedhaso viduḥ

iṣuriva digdhā nṛpate pṛdākūriva gopate /
sā brāhmaṇasyeṣurghorā tayā vidhyati pīyataḥ