Mantra 21
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नास्य पशून् न समानान् हिनस्ति य एवं वेद
IAST Transliteration
nā́syá paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
He harms not his cattle, he harms not his fellows, who knoweth thus.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्यof him/its
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम)
पशून्cattle/animals
पशून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
समानान्equal/like (ones)
समानान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed/for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
हिनस्तिharms/injures
हिनस्ति:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहिंस् (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (relative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus/in this way
एवम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
वेदknows
वेद:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: To be confirmed from Anukramaṇī for AV 15.5.
Devata: Implicitly Rudra/Īśāna’s protection; explicitly the power of brahma-vidyā (‘he who knows thus’).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (to be verified).
Mantra Rasa
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