Mantra 58
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अघ्न्ये पदवीर्भव ब्राह्मणस्याभिशस्त्या
IAST Transliteration
ághnye padavī́r bhava brāhmaṇásyābhíśastyāḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O inviolable one, become a path (of escape) for the Brahmin from imprecation and accusation.
Translation
हे अघ्न्ये (अहिंस्य), ब्राह्मण के लिए अभिशस्ति—शाप और आरोप—से बचने का मार्ग बन।
Word by Word
अघ्न्येO Aghnyā (O inviolable one / O cow)
अघ्न्ये:
सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअघ्न्या- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अघ्न्या’ = न हन्तव्या, गौः/वाच्-देवी इत्यादि)
पदवीःpaths, tracks, ways
पदवीः:
कर्म (predicate complement of ‘भव’)
TypeNoun
Rootपदवी- (प्रातिपदिक)
भवbe; become
भव:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
ब्राह्मणस्यof the Brāhmaṇa (priest / Brahmin)
ब्राह्मणस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण- (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिशस्त्याby/with the imprecation, accusation, curse
अभिशस्त्या:
करण (means/agency: ‘by/with the curse/accusation’)
TypeNoun
Rootअभिशस्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अभि-शंस्’ से ‘निन्दा/अभियोग/शाप’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies)
Devata: Aghnyā (Cow as inviolable power) / protective Padavī
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical check)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta