Mantra 51

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये वशाया अदानाय वदन्ति परिरापिणः । इन्द्रस्य मन्यवे जाल्मा आ वृश्चन्ते अचित्त्या

IAST Transliteration

yé vaśā́yā adā́nāya vádanti parirāpíṇaḥ | índrasya mányave jā́lmā ā́ vṛścante ácittyā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They who, bent on non-giving of the barren cow, speak forth as harmful plotters—those knaves are cut down for Indra’s wrath, through their own senselessness.

Translation

जो वशा (बाँझ गाय) न देने के लिए, हानिकारक षड्यंत्रकारी बनकर बोलते हैं—वे जाल्म (दुष्ट) इन्द्र के मन्यु (क्रोध) के लिए काट गिराए जाते हैं, अपनी ही अचेतना के कारण।

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ (सम्बन्धि-उपवाक्ये) / विशेष्य-संबन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वशायाः: of (the) vashā-charm / enchanting power
• वशायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘वशा’ सम्बन्धिनः
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वशा’ = वशीकरण/मोहिनी/मन्त्र-शक्ति; अथवा ‘वशा’ नाम्नी औषधि/विद्या)

• अदानाय: for withholding / for not giving
• अदानाय: सम्प्रदान (dative purpose) — ‘for non-giving/withholding’
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदान (प्रातिपदिक; अ-दान = ‘न दानम्’/‘अदान’ = non-giving, withholding)

• वदन्ति: they speak / they say
• वदन्ति: क्रिया (मुख्य) — कर्तृ ‘ये …’
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)

• परिरापिणः: harmers, injurers (those who cause affliction)
• परिरापिणः: कर्तृ (ये …) — विशेषण/अपपद-नाम
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: परि-रापिन् (प्रातिपदिक; राप्/रापय् ‘to harm, injure’ से)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘of Indra’
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्यवे: to (his) wrath / for (Indra’s) anger
• मन्यवे: सम्प्रदान (dative) — ‘to/for (his) wrath’
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• जाल्माः: the vile/wicked ones
• जाल्माः: कर्तृ — ‘the vile ones’
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: जाल्म (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wicked, vile, base’)

• आ: forth, completely (as a preverb)
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (direction/intensity)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वृश्चन्ते: they are cut off / they get cut down (perish)
• वृश्चन्ते: क्रिया (मुख्य) — कर्तृ ‘जाल्माः’
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृश्च् (धातु; ‘to cut off, tear away’)

• अचित्त्या: through folly / by lack of sense
• अचित्त्या: करण (instrument/cause) — ‘through heedlessness/folly’
• Type: Noun (instrumental of abstract) / Adverbial
• Root: अ-चित्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lack of understanding/heedlessness’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Indra’s Manyu (wrath) as punitive power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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