Mantra 46

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विलिप्ती या बृहस्पतेऽथो सूतवशा वशा। तस्या नाश्नीयादब्राह्मणो य आशंसेत भूत्याम्

IAST Transliteration

viliptī́ yā́ bṛ́haspate 'thó sūtávaśā vaśā́ | tásyā ná āśnīyā́d ábrāhmaṇo yá āśáṃseta bhū́tyām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Viliptī, which is thine, O Bṛhaspati, and also the Vashā called Sūtavaśā—of her let not the non-Brahman eat, who would hope for prosperity.

Translation

হে বৃহস্পতী! যে ‘বিলিপ্তী’ তোমার, এবং যে ‘সূতবশা’ নামক ‘বশা’ও আছে—যে অব্রাহ্মণ ভূতি (সমৃদ্ধি) কামনা করে, সে যেন তার ভক্ষণ না করে।

Word by Word

विलिप्तीthe ‘smeared/daubed’ (one), the anointed woman (name/epithet)

याwho/which

बृहस्पतेO Bṛhaspati

अथोand also / moreover

सूतवशाSūtavaśā (a named/epithetic ‘docile/cow-like’ female)

वशाa vaśā (a cow/heifer; a docile female)

तस्याःof her

नnot

अश्नीयात्should eat

अब्राह्मणःa non-Brahmin / one not fit as a brāhmaṇa

यःwho

आशंसेतshould hope for / should desire

भूत्याम्in prosperity / for welfare (as the sphere/aim)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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