Mantra 15

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नास्य पशून् न समानान् हिनस्ति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

nā́syá paśū́n ná samāná̄n hinásti yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He harmeth not his cattle, nor his fellows of like estate—whoso thus hath knowledge.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम)

• पशून्: cattle; animals
• पशून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• समानान्: equals; those of the same status
• समानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समान (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• हिनस्ति: harms; injures
• हिनस्ति: Kartā (implicit subject = ‘he’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस् (हिंसने)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kartā (relative clause subject = यः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (ज्ञाने)

Attribution

Rishi: Anonymous/Brāhmaṇa-style prose unit within AV 15 (traditionally linked to Atharvanic redactors)

Devata: Knowledge (Veda) as efficacious power; implicitly Rudraic guardianship in the surrounding context

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (not a strict metrical ṛc)

Mantra Rasa

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