Mantra 9

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नास्य पशून् न समानान् हिनस्ति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

nā́syá paśū́n ná samānā́n hínasti yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He injureth not his cattle, nor his peers, who knoweth thus.

Word by Word

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

• अस्य: of him/this (person)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययात्मक सर्वनाम)

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

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

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

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

• हिनस्ति: harms; strikes
• हिनस्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) — हिंसागत्योः/वधार्थकः

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• वेद: knows
• वेद: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) — ज्ञाने

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AV 15 complex; specific r̥ṣi uncertain)

Devata: Efficacy of brahman/knowledge; contextually Rudra restrained

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like refrain

Mantra Rasa

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