Mantra 27

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यावदस्या गोपतिर्नोपशृणुयादृचः स्वयम्। चरेदस्य तावद् गोषु नास्य श्रुत्वा गृहे वसेत्

IAST Transliteration

yā́vad asyá gopátir nópaśṛṇuyā́d ṛ́caḥ svayám | cáred asyá tā́vad góṣu nā́syá śrutvā́ gṛhé vaset ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So long as his cattle-lord shall not himself overhear the verses, so long let him move about among the kine; nor, having heard, let him abide within the house.

Word by Word

यावत्as long as / until

अस्यof him / of this (person)

गोपतिःthe lord/owner of the cows (herdsman)

नnot

उपशृणुयात्should listen to / should hear

ऋचःverses / hymns

स्वयम्by himself

चरेत्should move about / should wander

अस्यof him / of this (person)

तावत्so long / until then

गोषुamong the cows / in the cattle (pen)

नnot

अस्यof him

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

गृहेin the house

वसेत्should dwell / should stay

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (procedural verse within the vāśā/dakṣiṇā complex).

Devata: Implicitly the mantra-power (brahman) and the cattle-domain (go) as protective locus.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely).

Mantra Rasa

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