Mantra 38
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अशिता लोकाच्छिनत्ति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यमस्माच्चामुष्माच्च
IAST Transliteration
aśitā́ lokā́c chinátti brahma-gávī bráhma-jyam asmā́c ca amúṣmāc ca
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Fasting-deprivation cuts a man off from his world; the Brahman’s cow, the Brahman’s due—(it cuts off) from this one and from that one.
Word by Word
अशिताthe eaten one / (as) having eaten (fem.)
अशिता:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअशित (प्रातिपदिक; √अश् ‘भक्षणे’ से निष्पन्न ‘अशित’ = भक्षित/खाया हुआ)
लोकात्from the world
लोकात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
छिनत्तिcuts off / severs
छिनत्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√छिद् (छेदने)
ब्रह्मगवीthe brahma-cow (sacred cow connected with brahman)
ब्रह्मगवी:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मगवी (समास-प्रातिपदिक: ब्रह्मन् + गवी ‘cow’)
ब्रह्मज्यम्the brahman-bowstring / sacred bowstring
ब्रह्मज्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मज्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक: ब्रह्मन् + ज्य ‘bowstring’)
अस्मात्from this (one/place)
अस्मात्:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
अमुष्मात्from that (yonder)
अमुष्मात्:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootअमुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘that yonder’)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Brahman (sacral power) / Nirṛti-like severing misfortune (implicit)
Chandas: Not specified in the provided excerpt
Mantra Rasa
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