Mantra 13

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो अस्य स्याद् वशाभोगो अन्यामिच्छेत तर्हि सः । हिंस्ते अदत्ता पुरुषं याचितां च न दित्सति

IAST Transliteration

yó ásya syā́d vaśābhogó anyā́m ícchet tárhi sáḥ | híṃste ádattā púruṣaṃ yācitā́ṃ ca ná dítsati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso should be the enjoyer of this Vaśā, and yet should covet another, then he—by what is not duly given—wrongeth a man, and to the petitioner he will not render (what is due).

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

अस्यof this (man/person)

स्यात्should be / might be

वशाभोगःone who enjoys/uses a ‘vashā’ (i.e., a controller’s/enslaving) enjoyment; a possessor of controlling enjoyment

अन्याम्another (woman/one)

इच्छेत्should desire

तर्हिthen

सःhe

हिंस्तेharms / injures

अदत्ताम्not-given (i.e., not granted/unauthorized)

पुरुषम्a man/person

याचिताम्asked-for / sought (one)

चand

नnot

दित्सतिwishes to give / intends to give

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for AV 12.4 (to be specified per anukramaṇī in critical apparatus)

Devata: Dharma / social order implicit; also the sacralized vaśā as efficacious object

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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