Mantra 6

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नास्य पशून् न समानान् हिनस्ति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

nā́syá paśū́n ná samānā́n hínasti yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He injureth not his cattle, nor his peers, who knoweth thus.

Translation

مَن يَعلَمُ هكذا لا يُؤذي مواشيَه، ولا يَضرُّ أندادَه.

Word by Word

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

• अस्य: of him/this (person)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययिक सर्वनाम)

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

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

• समानान्: equal; similar (ones)
• समानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समान (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• हिनस्ति: harms; injures
• हिनस्ति: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस् (धातु)

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

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

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: As per AV 15 complex: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi uncertain)

Devata: Implicitly the protective power of brahman/knowledge; contextually Rudra-forms restrained

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (short refrain)

Mantra Rasa

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