Mantra 11

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य एनां वनिमायन्ति तेषां देवकृता वशा। ब्रह्मज्येयं तदब्रुवन् य एनां निप्रियायते

IAST Transliteration

yé enā́ṃ vanimā́yanti téṣāṃ devákṛtā vaśā́ | brahmajyéyaṃ tád abruvan yá enāṃ nipriyā́yate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They who would bargain over her, for them the vāśā-cow is a god-wrought (bane). ‘A wrong against Brahman-power,’ so have they said, (is the deed) of him who withholdeth her in grudging wise.

Translation

الذين يساومون عليها، تكون بقرةُ vāśā لهم بلاءً مصنوعًا من الآلهة. «إنه اعتداءٌ على قوةِ البراهمن (brahma-jyeya)»—هكذا قالوا—(وذلك فعلُ) من يحبسها شُحًّا وتبرّمًا.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनाम्: her / this (woman)
• एनाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एना-रूप)

• वनिमायन्ति: they practice deceit/witchcraft against (her)
• वनिमायन्ति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (माने/मापन/मायायाम्) + वनि- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद-प्रातिपदिक; ‘वनि’ इति निघण्टु-प्रयोगः)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवकृता: made by the gods / divinely wrought
• देवकृता: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + √कृ (कृञ् करणे) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययः)

• वशा: a controlling power; (also) a ‘vashā’ cow / spell of subjugation
• वशा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मज्येयम्: to be overcome by brahman (sacred power); brahman-conquerable
• ब्रह्मज्येयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + √जि (जये) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; यत्/अनीयर्-भावः ‘ज्येय’ = ‘to be conquered/overcome’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रुवन्: they said
• अब्रुवन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (ब्रुवी वचने)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनाम्: her / this (woman)
• एनाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एना-रूप)

• निप्रियायते: he/she becomes ill-disposed toward; turns hostile to
• निप्रियायते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √प्री (प्रीञ् तर्पणे/प्रीतौ) (देवदत्त-धातु; आत्मनेपद-प्रयोगः)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Brahman (sacral power) and Devas as enforcers; vāśā-cow as agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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