Mantra 36
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यत् कृषते यद् वनुते यच्च वस्नेन विन्दते । सर्वं मर्त्यस्य तन्नास्ति क्रव्याच्चेदनिराहितः
IAST Transliteration
yát kṛṣáte yád vanuté yác ca vásnena vindáte | sárvaṃ mártyasya tán nā́sti kravyā́c céd anirāhitaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What he gaineth by tillage, what he winneth, and what he findeth by purchase,—all that of a mortal is not (secure), if the flesh-devourer be not duly established.
Word by Word
यत्whatever (that which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
कृषते(he) ploughs/cultivates
कृषते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृष् (कृष्—कर्षणे/कर्षणे, ‘to plough, cultivate’)
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वनुते(he) wins/obtains
वनुते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवन् (वन्—सम्भजने/प्राप्तौ, ‘to win, obtain’)
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
वस्नेनby/with a price (by purchase)
वस्नेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवस्न (प्रातिपदिक; ‘price, purchase-money, value’)
विन्दते(he) finds/obtains
विन्दते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (विद्—लाभे, ‘to find, obtain’)
सर्वम्all (of that)
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
मर्त्यस्यof the mortal
मर्त्यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mortal man’)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (अस्—भुवि/सत्तायाम्, ‘to be’)
क्रव्याच्the flesh-eater (demon)
क्रव्याच्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootक्रव्याच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘flesh-eater’, esp. a demon/ghoul) [= क्रवि + आच्]
चेत्if
चेत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत् (निपात; conditional particle)
अनिराहितः(he) being without the established sacred fire / not having installed the fire
अनिराहितः:
Kartā (of implied ‘he is’ in the conditional clause)
TypeAdjective (used predicatively)
Rootअनिराहित (कृदन्त/विशेषण; a- + निर्-आ-धा/हि?; ‘not set up/without the (sacred) fire being established’; used of one who has not installed/maintained the ritual fire)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Agni/anti-kravyād
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
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