Mantra 37

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयज्ञियो हतवर्चा भवति नैनेन हविरत्तवे । छिनत्ति कृष्या गोर्धनाद् यं क्रव्यादनुवर्तते

IAST Transliteration

ayajñíyo hatávarcā́ bhavati náinena havír áttave | chinátti kṛṣyā́ górdhanād yáṃ kravyā́d anuvártate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unfit for sacrifice, with splendour smitten down, he becometh; by him the oblation is not for eating: the flesh-devourer, following whom, cutteth him off from tillage and from cattle-wealth.

Word by Word

• अयज्ञियः: unfit for sacrifice; non-sacrificial
• अयज्ञियः: Kartā (भवति का कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-यज्ञिय (यज्ञिय- प्रातिपदिक; यज् धातु से निष्पन्न विशेषण)

• हतवर्चाः: with splendour/energy struck down; dimmed
• हतवर्चाः: Kartā (अयज्ञियः का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-वर्चस् (हन् धातु + वर्चस् प्रातिपदिक; समास/कर्मधारय-भाव)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

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

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma (अत्तवे/अद्-भाव का कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हविः: oblation; sacrificial offering
• हविः: Karma (अत्तवे का कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्

• अत्तवे: to eat; for eating
• अत्तवे: प्रयोजन (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb (infinitive)
• Root: अद्

• छिनत्ति: cuts off; severs
• छिनत्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्

• कृष्या: by cultivation; by ploughing
• कृष्या: Karaṇa (किस साधन/उपाय से: खेती/जोताई द्वारा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृषि/कृष्या (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘कृषि’ = खेती)

• गोर्धनात्: from cattle-wealth; from one’s herd/property
• गोर्धनात्: Apādāna (जिससे अलग/विच्छिन्न करता है)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-धन (समास: गो + धन)

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma (अनुवर्तते का कर्म/अनुगमन-विषय)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रव्याद्: a flesh-eater; carrion-eater (demon/ghoul)
• क्रव्याद्: Kartā (अनुवर्तते का कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कच्चा मांस खाने वाला’, राक्षस/भक्षी)

• अनुवर्तते: follows; pursues
• अनुवर्तते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (अनु-उपसर्ग सहित: अनु√वृत्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Agni/anti-kravyād; implicitly the gods as consumers of havis

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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