Mantra 51

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये वशाया अदानाय वदन्ति परिरापिणः । इन्द्रस्य मन्यवे जाल्मा आ वृश्चन्ते अचित्त्या

IAST Transliteration

yé vaśā́yā adā́nāya vádanti parirāpíṇaḥ | índrasya mányave jā́lmā ā́ vṛścante ácittyā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They who, bent on non-giving of the barren cow, speak forth as harmful plotters—those knaves are cut down for Indra’s wrath, through their own senselessness.

Translation

الذين، عازمين على عدمِ إعطاءِ البقرةِ العاقر، يتكلمون كمُدبّرين للأذى—أولئك الأشرار يُقطَعون بسخطِ إندرا، بسببِ حماقتِهم هم.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ (सम्बन्धि-उपवाक्ये) / विशेष्य-संबन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वशायाः: of (the) vashā-charm / enchanting power
• वशायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘वशा’ सम्बन्धिनः
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वशा’ = वशीकरण/मोहिनी/मन्त्र-शक्ति; अथवा ‘वशा’ नाम्नी औषधि/विद्या)

• अदानाय: for withholding / for not giving
• अदानाय: सम्प्रदान (dative purpose) — ‘for non-giving/withholding’
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदान (प्रातिपदिक; अ-दान = ‘न दानम्’/‘अदान’ = non-giving, withholding)

• वदन्ति: they speak / they say
• वदन्ति: क्रिया (मुख्य) — कर्तृ ‘ये …’
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)

• परिरापिणः: harmers, injurers (those who cause affliction)
• परिरापिणः: कर्तृ (ये …) — विशेषण/अपपद-नाम
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: परि-रापिन् (प्रातिपदिक; राप्/रापय् ‘to harm, injure’ से)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘of Indra’
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्यवे: to (his) wrath / for (Indra’s) anger
• मन्यवे: सम्प्रदान (dative) — ‘to/for (his) wrath’
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• जाल्माः: the vile/wicked ones
• जाल्माः: कर्तृ — ‘the vile ones’
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: जाल्म (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wicked, vile, base’)

• आ: forth, completely (as a preverb)
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (direction/intensity)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वृश्चन्ते: they are cut off / they get cut down (perish)
• वृश्चन्ते: क्रिया (मुख्य) — कर्तृ ‘जाल्माः’
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृश्च् (धातु; ‘to cut off, tear away’)

• अचित्त्या: through folly / by lack of sense
• अचित्त्या: करण (instrument/cause) — ‘through heedlessness/folly’
• Type: Noun (instrumental of abstract) / Adverbial
• Root: अ-चित्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lack of understanding/heedlessness’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Indra’s Manyu (wrath) as punitive power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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