Mantra 42
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तां देवा अमीमांसन्त वशेया३मवशेति । तामब्रवीन्नारद एषा वशानां वशतमेति
IAST Transliteration
tā́ṃ devā́ amīmāṃsanta vaśéyā́m ávaśéti | tā́m abravīn nā́rada eṣā́ vaśā́nāṃ vaśátaméti ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Her the Gods debated: ‘Shall she be Vashā, or non-Vashā?’ Nārada spake of her: ‘This is the most Vashā among Vashās.’
Word by Word
ताम्her/that (fem.)
ताम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अमीमांसन्तthey examined/considered
अमीमांसन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमांस्/मिमांस् (धातु; ‘विचार/परीक्षा’)
वशेयाम्(as) a ‘vashā’ (a cow under control / a docile cow)
वशेयाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवश (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वश/अधीनता’)
अवशाuncontrolled, not docile
अवशा:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअवश (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अवश/अनधीन’)
इतिthus/‘saying’
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
ताम्her/that (fem.)
ताम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अब्रवीत्said/spoke
अब्रवीत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु; ‘वद्’)
नारदःNārada
नारदः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
एषाthis (woman/cow)
एषा:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वशानाम्of the vashā-cows / of the docile ones
वशानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवशा (प्रातिपदिक)
वशतमाmost docile/most controllable
वशतमा:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootवश (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (तम-प्रत्यय; अतिशय) → वशतमा
इतिthus
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
Attribution
Rishi: Nārada (explicitly functioning as authoritative speaker within the mantra).
Devata: Vashā-category itself (ritual potency), with gods as deliberative agents.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
Mantra Rasa
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