Mantra 36

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वान् कामान् यमराज्ये वशा प्रददुषे दुहे । अथाहुर्नारकं लोकं निरुन्धानस्य याचिताम्

IAST Transliteration

sárvān kā́mān yama-rā́jye vaśā́ pradadúṣe duhē | átha āhúr nā́rakam lókam nirundhānásya yācitā́m ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All desires, in Yama’s kingdom, the Vashā milks out for him who hath bestowed her. But then, they say, a hellish world awaits the man who bars (the gift) from one that hath entreated.

Word by Word

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• यमराज्ये: in Yama's realm
• यमराज्ये: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमराज्य (प्रातिपदिक; यम + राज्य)

• वशा: the cow named Vaśā (a sacrificial cow)
• वशा: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रददुषे: to the giver / to him who has bestowed
• प्रददुषे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: दा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)

• दुहे: is milked / yields
• दुहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आहुः: they said
• आहुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धात्वर्थे ‘वद्’)

• नारकं: hellish
• नारकं: विशेषण (कर्म-सम्बन्धे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारक (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकं: world, realm
• लोकं: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• निरुन्धानस्य: of (one) who is shutting in / confining
• निरुन्धानस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: रुध् (धातु) + निर् (उपसर्ग)

• याचिताम्: of the requested (things) / of those asked for
• याचिताम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: याच् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (not specified).

Devata: Vaśā; Yama (by realm-reference); Naraka as deterrent concept.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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