Mantra 4

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येना श्रवस्यवश्चरथ देवा इवासुरमायया । शुनां कपिरिव दूषणो बन्धुरा काबवस्य च

IAST Transliteration

yéna śravasyaváś cáratha devā́ iva asura-māyáyā | śunā́ṃ kapír iva dū́ṣaṇo bandhúrā kābavásya ca ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Wherewith, ye fame-desirous, ye fare abroad like Gods, by Asura-craft: like a monkey among dogs, a spoiler—so, O Bandhuras—be ye, for Kābava also.

Word by Word

• येन: by which; with which
• येन: करण (मुख्यतः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• श्रवस्यवः: (you) fame-seeking ones
• श्रवस्यवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: श्रवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; श्रवस् ‘यशस्’ + यु) → श्रवस्यु-

• चरथ: you move; you go about
• चरथ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) → देव-

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• असुर: an Asura
• असुर: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक) → असुर-

• मायया: by magic; by illusion
• मायया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक) → माया-

• शुनाम्: of dogs
• शुनाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) → शुन्/श्वन्-

• कपिः: a monkey
• कपिः: कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक) → कपि-

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• दूषणः: the defiler; corrupter
• दूषणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दूषण (प्रातिपदिक; दूष् ‘दूषयति’ से) → दूषण-

• बन्धुरा: variegated; splendid; well-adorned
• बन्धुरा: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्धुर (प्रातिपदिक) → बन्धुर-

• काबवस्य: of Kābava (a person/lineage-name)
• काबवस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Proper noun
• Root: काबव (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-नाम) → काबव-

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified here)

Devata: Bandhura-s / operative māyā (functional power rather than a high deity)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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