Mantra 25

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यावद् दाताभिमनस्येत तन्नाति वदेत्

IAST Transliteration

yā́vad dātā́bhimanasyétá tán nā́ti vadet

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So long as the giver hath not yet set his mind thereon, let him not speak thereof beyond due measure.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as; until
• यावत्: Adhikaraṇa (काल/परिमाण-निर्देशक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक; यावत्-शब्द)

• दाताभिमनस्येत: should intend/think of giving; should be minded to give
• दाताभिमनस्येत: Kartā (अव्यक्त/सामान्य कर्ता: ‘कोई’/‘मनुष्य’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√मन् (मनँ; ‘सोचने/इच्छने’), उपसर्ग: अभि; धातु-प्रयोग: desiderative/intentive sense with ‘दातृ’ (दाता) as object of thought

• तत्: that; it
• तत्: Karma (वाच्य-विषय: ‘that’ as the matter/content)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• अति: too much; excessively
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वदेत्: should speak; should say
• वदेत्: Kartā (अव्यक्त/सामान्य कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (वदँ; ‘कथने’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (sūkta within AV 11.3; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Vāc / Anna (implicit), and the vital powers (prāṇa/apāna) in the sequel

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-like (yajus-style) formulation within the hymn context

Mantra Rasa

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