Mantra 49
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
देवा वशां पर्यवदन् न नोऽदादिति हीडिताः । एताभिरृग्भिर्भेदं तस्माद् वै स पराभवत्
IAST Transliteration
devā́ vaśā́ṃ páry avadan ná no ’dād íti hīḍitā́ḥ | etā́bhir ṛ́gbhir bhedáṃ tasmā́d vái sá parā́bhavat ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Gods spake concerning the barren cow: ‘He hath not given it unto us,’—incensed thereat. With these ṛc-verses they overcame Bheda; therefore indeed was he brought to ruin.
Word by Word
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
वशाम्the cow (vashā; a cow/possibly a sacrificial cow)
वशाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवशा (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
अवदन्they spoke
अवदन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अदात्he/she/it gave
अदात्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदा
इतिthus, ‘so’
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
हीडिताःbeing reviled/assailed; (they) reviled
हीडिताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootहीडित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हीड्/हिड् ‘to revile/assail’ से भूतकृदन्त)
एताभिःwith these
एताभिः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम)
ऋग्भिःwith verses (ṛc-verses)
ऋग्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
भेदम्a split, breach, division
भेदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मात्from that; therefore
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
पराभवत्was defeated, was overcome
पराभवत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (उपसर्ग: परा-)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Devas collectively (as punitive authority)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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