Atharva Veda 5.17.14: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 14

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नास्य॑ क्ष॒त्ता नि॒ष्कग्री॑वः सू॒नाना॑मेत्यग्र॒तः । यस्मि॑न् रा॒ष्ट्रे नि॑रु॒ध्यते॑ ब्रह्मजा॒याचि॑त्त्या

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.17.14

IAST Transliteration

nā́syā kṣattā́ níṣkagrīvaḥ sū́nānām eti ágrataḥ | yásmin rāṣṭré nirudhyáte brahmajāyā́cittyā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

No neck-ornamented attendant of his goes forth in front of his sons, in that realm wherein one is held in check for intent toward the Brahman’s wife.

Translation

Kein halsgeschmückter Wächter-Diener von ihm schreitet vor seinen Söhnen her; in jenem Reich, wo man den zurückhält, der auf die Frau des Brahmanen sinnt.

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Word by Word

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

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

• क्षत्ता: the attendant/servant
• क्षत्ता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘attendant/servant/door-keeper’)

• निष्कग्रीवः: having a ‘niṣka’ (gold neck-ornament) on the neck / gold-necked
• निष्कग्रीवः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: निष्कग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास: निष्क + ग्रीव)

• सूनानाम्: of the sons/offspring
• सूनानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सून (प्रातिपदिक; ‘son/offspring’)

• एति: goes/comes
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु: इ ‘to go’)

• अग्रतः: in front, ahead
• अग्रतः: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: position)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतस् (अव्यय; ‘in front/forward’)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्रे: in the realm/kingdom
• राष्ट्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• निरुध्यते: is restrained/blocked/confined
• निरुध्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (धातु: रुध् ‘to obstruct, confine’; उपसर्ग: निर्)

• ब्रह्मजाया: the Brahman’s wife
• ब्रह्मजाया: Kartā (of ‘निरुध्यते’ in passive sense: agent implied/subject of clause as stated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मजाया (प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः जाया ‘Brahman’s wife’)

• चित्त्या: by (her) intention/resolve
• चित्त्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, intention, design’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic

Devata: Nirodha; implicit royal-social order

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira