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Atharva Veda 5.19.12: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 12

Sukta 19

यां मृ॒ताया॑नुब॒ध्नन्ति॑ कू॒द्यंऽ पद॒योप॑नीम्। तद् वै ब्र॑ह्मज्य ते दे॒वा उ॑प॒स्तर॑णमब्रुवन्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.19.12

yā́ṃ mṛtā́yā anubádhnanti kū́dyaṃ padáyópanīm | tád vái brahmajyé té devā́ upástaraṇam abruvan ||

That which they bind upon a dead woman—(as) a wall-covering, a foot-laid upper cloth—this verily the gods have ordained as bedding for the brahman-hurter.

जब कोई औरत मर जाती है, लोग उसके ऊपर कपड़ा डाल देते हैं। यह कपड़ा दीवार जैसा होता है, पाँव के पास बिछाया जाता है। देवताओं ने फैसला किया है कि जो ब्राह्मण को तकलीफ देता है, उसके लिए यह कपड़ा बिस्तर बनेगा। यह एक सज़ा है उसके लिए जो गलत काम करता है।

याम्whom/which (fem.)
याम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-
मृतायाःof the dead (woman)
मृतायाः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootमृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मृ ‘to die’)
अनुafter, along
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
बध्नन्तिthey bind
बध्नन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√बन्ध् (बध्नाति) ‘to bind, fasten’
कूद्यंa wall/partition (kūḍya)
कूद्यं:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकूद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
पदयाwith the foot
पदया:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootपदा (प्रातिपदिक) < पद ‘foot’
उपनीम्a covering/overlay
उपनीम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउपनी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘that which is put/laid on, covering’)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्तृ (as subject of ‘is’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
ब्रह्मज्य(is) brahma-slaying / a brahma-crime
ब्रह्मज्य:
समानााधिकरण (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मज्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘brahma-slaying/ brahma-injury’, a grave sin) संभवतः ब्रह्मन् + √हन्/√ज्या-सम्बद्ध व्युत्पत्ति
तेto you
ते:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तद्/त्वद्-रूप ‘ते’
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
उपस्तरणम्a bedding/underlay
उपस्तरणम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्तरण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘spreading under, bedding’; उप- + √स्तृ ‘to spread’)
अब्रुवन्they said
अब्रुवन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू ‘to say’

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verify Anukramaṇī)

Devata: The gods as ordainers; brahman as violated principle; death-impurity as punitive force

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (to be confirmed)

Primary: bibhatsa

Secondary: bhayankara

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