Mantra 60

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अघ्न्ये प्र शिरो जहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य कृतागसो देवपीयोरराधसः

IAST Transliteration

ághnye prá śíro jahi brahma-jyásya kṛtā́gaso deva-pīyór arā́dhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Aghnyā, smite forth the head of him, the Brahma-slayer—of the sinner who hath wrought the guilt, who hath drunk what is the Gods’, devoid of grace and rightful weal.

Word by Word

• अघ्न्ये: O inviolable one / O cow (not to be slain)
• अघ्न्ये: सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक) < अ-घ्न्या (घन्/हन् ‘to kill’ से निषेध)

• प्र: forth, forward; intensifier
• प्र: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग) क्रियायाः प्रवृत्तिनिर्देशकः
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: strike! slay!
• जहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• ब्रह्मज्यस्य: of the brahma-slayer / violator of sacred power
• ब्रह्मज्यस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्ध/निर्देशन: ‘of the brahma-slayer’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (genitive)
• Root: ब्रह्मज्य (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + ज्य ‘to injure/overcome’ → ‘one who harms brahman/holy power’)

• कृतागसः: of the sin-committer; of one who has committed offence
• कृतागसः: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (विशेषण-सम्बन्धः ब्रह्मज्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (genitive)
• Root: कृतागस् (प्रातिपदिक; कृत ‘done’ + आगस् ‘sin/offence’)

• देवपीयोः: of the ‘devourer/consumer of the gods’ (epithet of the offender)
• देवपीयोः: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्ध/निर्देशन: ‘of the devapiyu’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (genitive)
• Root: देवपीयु (प्रातिपदिक; देव + पीयु/पीय ‘one who drinks/partakes’ → ‘devourer/consumer of the gods’ / ‘one who drinks what is for the gods’)

• अराधसः: of the unsuccessful/ill-fated; without favor/prosperity
• अराधसः: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (विशेषण-सम्बन्धः पूर्वपदानाम्)
• Type: Adjective (genitive)
• Root: अ-राधस् (प्रातिपदिक; राधस् ‘success, favor, good fortune’ with privative a-)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Prajāpati/Angirasic attribution for AV 12.5 complex (varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Aghnyā (sacred Cow) as punitive divine power; indirectly Brahman (sacral order)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (dominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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