Mantra 46
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
य एवं विदुषो ब्राह्मणस्य क्षत्रियो गामादत्ते
IAST Transliteration
yá eváṁ vidúṣo brāhmaṇásya kṣatríyo gā́m ā́datte
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whoso, a Kṣatriya, thus from a knowing Brahman taketh a cow away—
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
विदुषःof the knowing/learned (man)
विदुषः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective (participle used substantively)
Rootविद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘to know’)
ब्राह्मणस्यof a brāhmaṇa
ब्राह्मणस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
क्षत्रियःa kṣatriya
क्षत्रियः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
गाम्a cow
गाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
आदत्तेtakes, appropriates
आदत्ते:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (आ + √दा; ‘to take/receive’)
Attribution
Rishi: Prajāpati / Atharvanic tradition (sectional attribution)
Devata: Brahman (sacral power) and social order protecting the learned Brahman
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (contextual; verse appears as a clause within a metrical sequence)
Mantra Rasa
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