Mantra 40

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रियं पशूनां भवति यद् ब्रह्मभ्यः प्रदीयते । अथो वशायास्तत् प्रियं यद् देवत्रा हविः स्यात्

IAST Transliteration

priyáṃ paśūnā́ṃ bhavati yád bráhmabhyaḥ pradīyáte | átho vaśā́yās tát priyáṃ yád devatrā́ havíḥ syā́t ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Pleasing unto the beasts it is, when it is bestowed upon the Brahmans; and likewise for the Vashā that is her pleasure, when the oblation is godward.

Translation

पशुओं के लिए यह प्रिय होता है, जब यह ब्राह्मणों को प्रदान किया जाता है। और वशा के लिए भी वही प्रिय है—जब हवि देवताओं की ओर अर्पित हो।

Word by Word

प्रियम्dear, pleasing

पशूनाम्of the cattle/animals

भवतिbecomes/is

यत्that which

ब्रह्मभ्यःto the brahmins / to the sacred-priests

प्रदीयतेis given/handed over

अथोand also / moreover

वशायाःof the vashā-cow (a cow for offering/ritual)

तत्that

प्रियम्dear, pleasing

यत्that which

देवत्राamong/for the gods; in the divine sphere

हविःoblation, offering

स्यात्should be / may be

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Brahmans (as institutional devatā-like recipients) and the gods via ‘devatrā havis’.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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