Mantra 12

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य आर्षेयेभ्यो याचद्भ्यो देवानां गां न दित्सति । आ स देवेषु वृश्चते ब्राह्मणानां च मन्यवे

IAST Transliteration

yá ā̀rṣeyébhyo yā́cadbhyo devā́nāṃ gā́ṃ ná ditsati | ā́ sá devéṣu vṛścate brāhmaṇā́nāṃ ca mányave ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso, when the Ārṣeyas ask, will not bestow the cow that is the Gods’, he is cut off among the Gods, and (is delivered) to the Brahmans’ wrath.

Translation

जो आर्षेयों के माँगने पर देवताओं की (अर्पित) गाय नहीं देता, वह देवों के बीच से काट दिया जाता है और ब्राह्मणों के क्रोध के अधीन कर दिया जाता है।

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

आर्षेयेभ्यःto the ṛṣi-descended seers / to the Ārṣeyas

याचद्भ्यःto those who are asking/begging

देवानाम्of the gods

गाम्a cow

नnot

दित्सतिwishes/intends to give

आtowards; into; (intensifier)

सःhe

देवेषुamong/in the gods

वृश्चतेis cut off / is severed

ब्राह्मणानाम्of the brāhmaṇas

चand

मन्यवेto (their) wrath/indignation

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Devas (as owners/guarantors of order) and Brahmanical Manyu (wrath) as sanction

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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