Mantra 12
Sukta 17
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नास्य जाया शतवाही कल्याणी तल्पमा शये । यस्मिन् राष्ट्रे निरुध्यते ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या
IAST Transliteration
nā́syā jāyā́ śatavāhī́ kalyāṇī́ talpám ā́ śaye | yásmin rāṣṭré nirudhyáte brahmajāyā́cittyā ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
No wife of his, auspicious, bringing a hundred boons, lies down upon the marriage-bed, in that realm wherein one is held in check for the intent toward the Brahman’s wife.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्यof this (man)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (अस्- सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य
जायाwife
जाया:
कर्तृ (of the implied verb ‘is/exists’)
TypeNoun
Rootजाया (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
शतवाही‘hundred-bearing’ (very fruitful/bringing abundance)
शतवाही:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootशतवाही (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; शत + वाहिन्)
कल्याणीauspicious, fair
कल्याणी:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootकल्याणी (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
तल्पम्bed, couch
तल्पम्:
कर्म (of शये)
TypeNoun
Rootतल्प (पुं/नपुं-प्रातिपदिक)
आunto, on(to)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ
शयेlies down, rests
शये:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootशी (धातु) / शे (आत्मनेपद-प्रयोग)
यस्मिन्in which
यस्मिन्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यस्मिन्
राष्ट्रेin the realm/kingdom
राष्ट्रे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootराष्ट्र (नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
निरुध्यतेis restrained, is shut in/blocked
निरुध्यते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरुध् (धातु) + नि- (उपसर्ग) → निरुध्यते
ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्याby/through the intention (thought) of the Brahman’s wife
ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मजाया-चित्ति (समास/प्रातिपदिक; ‘ब्रह्मजाया’ + ‘चित्ति/चित्त्या’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic
Devata: Nirodha (restraint) as operative power; implicitly Dharma and Brahmanical sanctity
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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