Mantra 44
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
विलिप्त्या बृहस्पते या च सूतवशा वशा। तस्या नाश्नीयादब्राह्मणो या आशंसेत भूत्याम्
IAST Transliteration
viliptýā bṛ́haspate yā́ ca sūtávaśā vaśā́ | tásyā ná āśnīyā́d ábrāhmaṇo yá āśáṃseta bhū́tyām ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Viliptī, O Bṛhaspati, and the Vashā called Sūtavaśā—of her let not the non-Brahman eat, who would fain look for prosperity.
Word by Word
विलिप्त्याby/with smearing; by anointment
विलिप्त्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवि-लिप् (धातु) → विलिप्ति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
बृहस्पतेO Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
याwhich (she)
या:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाक्ये)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सूतवशाa ‘Sūta-vashā’ (a named/characterized vashā-cow)
सूतवशा:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत-वशा (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; समास)
वशाa vashā-cow (a particular kind of cow)
वशा:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootवशा (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
तस्याःof her/of that (cow)
तस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अश्नीयात्should eat
अश्नीयात्:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (धातु) ‘to eat’
अब्राह्मणःa non-Brahmin; one not entitled as a brāhmaṇa
अब्राह्मणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअ-ब्राह्मण (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
याwhich (she)
या:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाक्ये)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आशंसेतshould hope for/expect
आशंसेत:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-शंस् (धातु) ‘to hope/expect, desire’
भूत्याम्in prosperity; in welfare/abundance
भूत्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootभूति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (dialogic frame with Nārada; Bṛhaspati invoked)
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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