Mantra 40

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रियं पशूनां भवति यद् ब्रह्मभ्यः प्रदीयते । अथो वशायास्तत् प्रियं यद् देवत्रा हविः स्यात्

IAST Transliteration

priyáṃ paśūnā́ṃ bhavati yád bráhmabhyaḥ pradīyáte | átho vaśā́yās tát priyáṃ yád devatrā́ havíḥ syā́t ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Pleasing unto the beasts it is, when it is bestowed upon the Brahmans; and likewise for the Vashā that is her pleasure, when the oblation is godward.

Word by Word

प्रियम्dear, pleasing

पशूनाम्of the cattle/animals

भवतिbecomes/is

यत्that which

ब्रह्मभ्यःto the brahmins / to the sacred-priests

प्रदीयतेis given/handed over

अथोand also / moreover

वशायाःof the vashā-cow (a cow for offering/ritual)

तत्that

प्रियम्dear, pleasing

यत्that which

देवत्राamong/for the gods; in the divine sphere

हविःoblation, offering

स्यात्should be / may be

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Brahmans (as institutional devatā-like recipients) and the gods via ‘devatrā havis’.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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