Mantra 32
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स्वधाकारेण पितृभ्यो यज्ञेन देवताभ्यः । दानेन राजन्योऽ वशाया मातुर्हेडं न गच्छति
IAST Transliteration
svadhākā́reṇa pitṛ́bhyo yajñéna devátābhyaḥ | dā́nena rājanyò vaśā́yā mātúr héḍaṃ ná gacchati ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
By Svadhā-call unto the Fathers, by sacrifice unto the Gods, by gift—the noble Kṣatriya cometh not under the mother’s wrath of the Vashā.
Word by Word
स्वधाकारॆणby the svadhā-call/with the utterance ‘svadhā’
स्वधाकारॆण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधाकार (प्रातिपदिक; स्वधा + आकार)
पितृभ्यःto the Fathers/ancestors
पितृभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञेनby/with the sacrifice
यज्ञेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
देवताभ्यःto the deities
देवताभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
दानेनby/with giving (a gift)
दानेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
राजन्यःthe kṣatriya/noble
राजन्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अवशायाःof the helpless/subject woman (avashā)
अवशायाः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअवशा (प्रातिपदिक)
मातुःof the mother
मातुः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
हेडम्wrath/anger, harm
हेडम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootहेड (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
गच्छतिgoes/comes; reaches
गच्छति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified here)
Devata: Pitṛs and Devatās; also the vashā’s maternal/source power as a quasi-personified locus of hēḍa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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