Mantra 28

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो अस्या ऋच उपश्रुत्याथ गोष्वचीचरत्। आयुश्च तस्य भूतिं च देवा वृश्चन्ति हीडिताः

IAST Transliteration

yó ásyā ŕca upaśrútyā́tha góṣv acī́carat | ā́yuś ca tásya bhū́tiṃ ca devā́ vṛ́ścanti hīḍitā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso hath overheard her holy verses, and thereafter hath prowled amid the kine—his life, and his prosperity likewise, the Gods, being angered, shear away.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाक्ये) / सम्बन्धसूचकः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्याः: of this (her/this)
• अस्याः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of her/this (ṛc)’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋचः: of the ṛc (verse)
• ऋचः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the ṛc (hymn/verse)’
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ऋक्/ऋचा’

• उपश्रुत्य: having listened to
• उपश्रुत्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वक्रिया) — manner/sequence of action
• Type: Verb-derived (absolutive)
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + उप (उपसर्ग) → उपश्रुत्य

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रमसूचक (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (निपात)

• गोषु: among the cows / in the cattle
• गोषु: अधिकरण (locative) — ‘among/in the cows’
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अचीचरत्: moved about / wandered
• अचीचरत्: मुख्यक्रियापद; कर्तृ = यः
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु) → चिचर् (द्वित्व/अभ्यास) + अ (अगम) + त्

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: कर्म (object of वृश्चन्ति) — ‘life-span’
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (and)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of him’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतिम्: prosperity, welfare
• भूतिम्: कर्म (object of वृश्चन्ति) — ‘prosperity/fortune’
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूति (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (and)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ (of वृश्चन्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृश्चन्ति: cut off, sever
• वृश्चन्ति: मुख्यक्रिया; कर्म = आयुः, भूतिम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृश्च् (धातु)

• हीडिताः: angered, offended
• हीडिताः: कर्तृविशेषण (qualifier of the agent ‘देवाः’)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: हीडित (प्रातिपदिक; √हीड्/हिड् ‘to anger/afflict’ से क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) अथवा ‘हीळित’ (वेद. रूप) ‘angered/irritated’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Aṅgiras/Atharvan milieu; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Devāḥ (the Gods as punitive enforcers); implicitly the vashā’s sacral power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV narrative-ritual verses)

Mantra Rasa

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