Mantra 46

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विलिप्ती या बृहस्पतेऽथो सूतवशा वशा। तस्या नाश्नीयादब्राह्मणो य आशंसेत भूत्याम्

IAST Transliteration

viliptī́ yā́ bṛ́haspate 'thó sūtávaśā vaśā́ | tásyā ná āśnīyā́d ábrāhmaṇo yá āśáṃseta bhū́tyām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Viliptī, which is thine, O Bṛhaspati, and also the Vashā called Sūtavaśā—of her let not the non-Brahman eat, who would hope for prosperity.

Translation

हे बृहस्पते! जो ‘विलिप्ती’ तेरी है, और जो ‘सूतवशा’ नामक ‘वशा’ भी है—उसका सेवन वह अब्राह्मण न करे, जो समृद्धि (भूति) की आशा रखता हो।

Word by Word

विलिप्तीthe ‘smeared/daubed’ (one), the anointed woman (name/epithet)

याwho/which

बृहस्पतेO Bṛhaspati

अथोand also / moreover

सूतवशाSūtavaśā (a named/epithetic ‘docile/cow-like’ female)

वशाa vaśā (a cow/heifer; a docile female)

तस्याःof her

नnot

अश्नीयात्should eat

अब्राह्मणःa non-Brahmin / one not fit as a brāhmaṇa

यःwho

आशंसेतshould hope for / should desire

भूत्याम्in prosperity / for welfare (as the sphere/aim)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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