Mantra 14

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा शेवधिर्निहितो ब्राह्मणानां तथा वशा। तामेतदच्छायन्ति यस्मिन् कस्मिंश्च जायते

IAST Transliteration

yáthā śevadhír níhito brāhmaṇā́nāṃ táthā vaśā́ | tā́m etád ácchāyanti yasmín kasmíṃś ca jā́yate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As a treasure-deposit laid away for Brahmans, so is the Vaśā: this (guardianship) they keep over her, in whatsoever place she is born.

Translation

जैसे ब्राह्मणों के लिए रखा हुआ निधि-धन (खजाना) होता है, वैसे ही वशा है। जिस किसी स्थान में वह जन्म लेती है, वहाँ वे इस (रक्षा-व्यवस्था) को उसके ऊपर बनाए रखते हैं।

Word by Word

यथाjust as

शेवधिःtreasure; precious deposit

निहितःplaced; deposited

ब्राह्मणानाम्of the Brahmins

तथाso; likewise

वशाthe vashā-cow (a special cow used/mentioned in ritual)

ताम्her; that (female)

एतत्this (very)

अच्छायन्तिthey approach; they come up to

यस्मिन्in which; wherein

कस्मिन्in whatever; in whichsoever

चand

जायतेis born; arises

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (per anukramaṇī tradition for AV 12.4)

Devata: Vaśā as sacralized object; Brahmanical order as implicit devatā

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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