Mantra 19

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्राह्मणेभ्य ऋषभं दत्त्वा वरीयः कृणुते मनः । पुष्टिं सो अघ्न्यानां स्वे गोष्ठेऽव पश्यते

IAST Transliteration

brāhmaṇébhya ṛṣabháṁ datvā́ varī́yaḥ kṛṇute mánaḥ | púṣṭiṁ só aghnyā́nāṁ své goṣṭhé’va páśyate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Giving the Bull unto the Brahmans, he maketh his mind the more excellent; and thriving of the inviolable kine he plainly sees within his own cowshed.

Translation

ব্রাহ্মণদের কাছে ঋষভ (বৃষভ) দান করে সে নিজের মনকে আরও উৎকৃষ্ট করে তোলে। আর নিজেরই গোশালায় সে অঘ্ন্যা—অবধ্য, পবিত্র গাভীদের পুষ্টি-সমৃদ্ধি স্পষ্টভাবে দেখে।

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणेभ्यःto/for the Brahmins

ऋषभम्a bull (best/foremost one)

दत्त्वाhaving given

वरीयःa better (state/benefit)

कृणुतेmakes, brings about

मनःmind

पुष्टिम्nourishment, prosperity

सःhe

अघ्न्यानाम्of the cows (the ‘not-to-be-killed’ ones)

स्वेin his own

गोष्टेcowshed, cattle-stall

अवdown; closely; indeed (as a particle)

पश्यतेsees, beholds

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic attribution (per anukramaṇī for AV 9.4).

Devata: Puṣṭi (prosperity) as functional deity; Brahmans as ritual recipients; cattle as sacral wealth.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by metrical count).

Mantra Rasa

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