Mantra 15

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नास्य पशून् न समानान् हिनस्ति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

nā́syá paśū́n ná samāná̄n hinásti yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He harmeth not his cattle, nor his fellows of like estate—whoso thus hath knowledge.

Translation

لا يضرّ مواشيه، ولا يؤذي أقرانه من ذوي المنزلة المماثلة—مَن كان على هذه المعرفة.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम)

• पशून्: cattle; animals
• पशून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• समानान्: equals; those of the same status
• समानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समान (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• हिनस्ति: harms; injures
• हिनस्ति: Kartā (implicit subject = ‘he’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस् (हिंसने)

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

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kartā (relative clause subject = यः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (ज्ञाने)

Attribution

Rishi: Anonymous/Brāhmaṇa-style prose unit within AV 15 (traditionally linked to Atharvanic redactors)

Devata: Knowledge (Veda) as efficacious power; implicitly Rudraic guardianship in the surrounding context

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (not a strict metrical ṛc)

Mantra Rasa

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