Mantra 47

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रीणि वै वशाजातानि विलिप्ती सूतवशा वशा। ताः प्र यच्छेद् ब्रह्मभ्यः सोऽनाव्रस्कः प्रजापतौ

IAST Transliteration

trī́ṇi váí vaśājātā́ni viliptī́ sūtávaśā vaśā́ | tā́ḥ prá yacchet bráhmabhyaḥ só 'nāvráskaḥ prajā́patau ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Three, verily, are the Vashā-born kinds—Viliptī, Sūtavaśā, and Vashā. These let him bestow forth upon the Brahmins: so shall he be unassailed, under Prajāpati.

Word by Word

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karma (गणनाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• वशा-जातानि: born of the vashā-cow / produced from vashā
• वशा-जातानि: Karma (त्रीणि इत्यस्य विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक) + जात (कृदन्त; √जन्)

• विलिप्ती: a smear/unguent; a plastering
• विलिप्ती: Kartā (उद्देश्यवाचक/विधेय-नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलिप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; from vi-√लिप्)

• सूत-वशा: the vashā of the charioteer (Sūta) / Sūta’s vashā-cow
• सूत-वशा: Kartā (विधेय-नाम; विलिप्ती इत्यस्य समन्वयः)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक) + वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वशा: vashā-cow (a specific cow/animal term)
• वशा: Kartā (विधेय-नाम; पुनरुक्त्या बलम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ताः: those (f.)
• ताः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यच्छेत्: should give, should bestow
• यच्छेत्: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति)

• ब्रह्मभ्यः: to the Brahmins / to the sacred-priests
• ब्रह्मभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अनाव्रस्कः: unharmed; uninjured; unimpeded
• अनाव्रस्कः: Kartā (सः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाव्रस्क (प्रातिपदिक; a- + nāvra/āvra + -ska, Vedic adj.)

• प्रजापतौ: in/with Prajāpati
• प्रजापतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Nārada frame in the surrounding verses)

Devata: Prajāpati (protective cosmic order) / Brahmins as recipients (functional devatā)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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