Mantra 22
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदन्ये शतं याचेयुर्ब्राह्मणा गोपतिं वशाम्। अथैनां देवा अब्रुवन्नेवं ह विदुषो वशा
IAST Transliteration
yád anyé śatáṃ yā́ceyur brāhmaṇā́ gopátiṃ vaśā́m | áthaínāṃ devā́ abruvann eváṃ ha vidúṣo vaśā́ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Though others, a hundred, should beg of the cattle-lord a Vashā-cow, then spake the Gods of her: ‘Thus, verily, the Vashā is the knowing man’s.’
Word by Word
यत्which/that (thing)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma
TypeNumeral
Rootशत (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
याचेयुःmight ask/beg
याचेयुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयाच् (धातु)
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
गोपतिम्the lord/guardian of cattle
गोपतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगोपति (प्रातिपदिक)
वशाम्the cow (vashā; a cow/possibly a sacrificial cow)
वशाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवशा (प्रातिपदिक)
अथthen
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
एनाम्her/this (female)
एनाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अब्रुवन्said/spoke
अब्रुवन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
एवम्thus
एवम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
हindeed/forsooth
ह:
—
TypeParticle
Rootह (निपात)
विदुषःof the knowing one/wise man
विदुषः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun (participle used substantively)
Rootविद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद्)
वशाthe vashā-cow
वशा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवशा (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (general for 12.4)
Devata: Devas as arbiters; Vashā as the contested gift-object
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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