Mantra 51

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येऽश्रद्धा धनकाम्या क्रव्यादा समासते । ते वा अन्येषां कुम्भीं पर्यादधति सर्वदा

IAST Transliteration

yé ’śraddhā́ dhanākāmyā́ḥ kravyā́dāḥ samā́sate | té vā́ anyéṣāṃ kumbhī́ṃ paryā́dadhati sarvadā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They who, faithless, wealth-desiring, flesh-eaters, sit in conclave—these verily set a pot about other men, at all times.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• अश्रद्धाः: faithless, without श्रद्धा
• अश्रद्धाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) < श्रद्धा

• धनकाम्याः: desiring wealth
• धनकाम्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन-काम्य (प्रातिपदिक) < धन + काम्य (desirous)

• क्रव्यादाः: flesh-eaters (ghoulish beings)
• क्रव्यादाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: क्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक) < क्रवि/क्रव्य (raw flesh) + अद् (to eat)

• समासते: they sit together / assemble
• समासते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु) with सम्-आ-

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुम्भीम्: a pot; (here) a cauldron/jar
• कुम्भीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भी (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आदधति: they place / set (it)
• आदधति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) with आ- (and here with परि- in sense)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikaraṇa (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय) < सर्व + दा (time)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (general AV attribution; edition-dependent).

Devata: No single deity foregrounded; the mantra functions as imprecation/censure within a protective sequence.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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