Mantra 14
Sukta 17
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नास्य क्षत्ता निष्कग्रीवः सूनानामेत्यग्रतः । यस्मिन् राष्ट्रे निरुध्यते ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या
IAST Transliteration
nā́syā kṣattā́ níṣkagrīvaḥ sū́nānām eti ágrataḥ | yásmin rāṣṭré nirudhyáte brahmajāyā́cittyā ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
No neck-ornamented attendant of his goes forth in front of his sons, in that realm wherein one is held in check for intent toward the Brahman’s wife.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्यof this (man/one)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययिक सर्वनाम)
क्षत्ताthe attendant/servant
क्षत्ता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘attendant/servant/door-keeper’)
निष्कग्रीवःhaving a ‘niṣka’ (gold neck-ornament) on the neck / gold-necked
निष्कग्रीवः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootनिष्कग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास: निष्क + ग्रीव)
सूनानाम्of the sons/offspring
सूनानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसून (प्रातिपदिक; ‘son/offspring’)
एतिgoes/comes
एति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु: इ ‘to go’)
अग्रतःin front, ahead
अग्रतः:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: position)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्रतस् (अव्यय; ‘in front/forward’)
यस्मिन्in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
राष्ट्रेin the realm/kingdom
राष्ट्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
निरुध्यतेis restrained/blocked/confined
निरुध्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरुध् (धातु: रुध् ‘to obstruct, confine’; उपसर्ग: निर्)
ब्रह्मजायाthe Brahman’s wife
ब्रह्मजाया:
Kartā (of ‘निरुध्यते’ in passive sense: agent implied/subject of clause as stated)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मजाया (प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः जाया ‘Brahman’s wife’)
चित्त्याby (her) intention/resolve
चित्त्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचित्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, intention, design’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic
Devata: Nirodha; implicit royal-social order
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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