Mantra 15

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सा ब्रह्मज्यं देवपीयुं ब्रह्मगव्याऽदीयमाना मृत्योः पद्वीश आ द्यति

IAST Transliteration

sā́ brahmajyáṃ devapīyúṃ brahmagavyā́ ’dīyámānā mṛtyóḥ padvī́ṣa ā́ dyati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

She—Brahman’s bow-string, the gods’ own cherished draught, the Brahman’s cow—when she is being taken away, drives (the taker) forth into the pathways of Death.

Translation

هي—وترُ قوسِ البراهمان، والشرابُ المقدّسُ المحبوبُ لدى الآلهة، وبقرةُ البراهمان—إذا كانت تُنتَزع، دفعتْ الآخذَ إلى مسالكِ الموت.

Word by Word

• सा: she / that (f.)
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → सा (स्त्री.)

• ब्रह्मज्यम्: the ‘brahma-weapon’ / brahma-bowstring (ritual/holy missile)
• ब्रह्मज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मज्य (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + ज्य) अथवा ब्रह्मज्य- (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवपीयुम्: god-drunk / god-imbibed; divine-imbibing
• देवपीयुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवपीयु (प्रातिपदिक; देव + पीयु)

• ब्रह्मगव्या: the brahma-cow / brahma-milk (holy cow/holy bovine product)
• ब्रह्मगव्या: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मगव्य (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + गव्य) → ब्रह्मगव्या (स्त्री.)

• आदीयमाना: taking up / seizing
• आदीयमाना: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √दा (आ + √दा ‘to take’) → आदाय/आदीयमान (वर्तमान-कर्तरि/कर्मणि कृदन्त, शानच्)

• मृत्योः: of death / from death (death’s)
• मृत्योः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पद्वीशः: the lord of the track/footing (guide/leader)
• पद्वीशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्वीश (प्रातिपदिक; पद्वी + ईश ‘lord of the path/track’)

• आ: towards, unto; (prefix)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• द्यति: cuts/cleaves/strikes
• द्यति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √द्या/√द्यै (to cut, to cleave; to strike) — वैदिक प्रयोग

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for this legal-protective material (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Go (Cow) as sacral power; Mṛtyu as punitive horizon; Brahman as weaponized sacred authority.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in this legal-prose style section).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara