Mantra 48

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतद् वो ब्राह्मणा हविरिति मन्वीत याचितः । वशां चेदेनं याचेयुर्या भीमाददुषो गृहे

IAST Transliteration

etád vo brāhmaṇā́ havír íti manvīta yācitáḥ | vaśā́ṃ céd enaṃ yā́ceyur yā́ bhīmā́d adáduṣo gṛhé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘This is your oblation, O Brahmans’: so, when he is petitioned, let him deem it. If they should ask him for the barren cow, even her that is in the house of Bhīma the non-giver—

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you / for you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• ब्राह्मणाः: the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus / ‘as’
• इति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मन्वीत: should think / should consider
• मन्वीत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (मनुते/मन्यते)

• याचितः: (he) being begged / when requested
• याचितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √याच् + क्त (याचित) अथवा याचित (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• वशाम्: a barren cow / a cow (vashā)
• वशाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा (प्रातिपदिक)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम; एनद्-आदेश)

• याचेयुः: they should ask / beg
• याचेयुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √याच्

• याः: who (fem. pl.)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• भीमात्: from the fearful one
• भीमात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ददुषः: of the giver / of one who has given
• ददुषः: Sambandha
• Type: Participle (perfect active, gen.)
• Root: √दा (ददाति) → दद्वस्/ददुष् (परिपूर्ण-कर्तरि कृदन्त)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for this dāna-episode context)

Devata: Brahman (sacral authority) / Indra-Rudra implied in subsequent verses as enforcers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)

Mantra Rasa

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