Mantra 58

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अघ्न्ये पदवीर्भव ब्राह्मणस्याभिशस्त्या

IAST Transliteration

ághnye padavī́r bhava brāhmaṇásyābhíśastyāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O inviolable one, become a path (of escape) for the Brahmin from imprecation and accusation.

Word by Word

• अघ्न्ये: O Aghnyā (O inviolable one / O cow)
• अघ्न्ये: सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अघ्न्या- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अघ्न्या’ = न हन्तव्या, गौः/वाच्-देवी इत्यादि)

• पदवीः: paths, tracks, ways
• पदवीः: कर्म (predicate complement of ‘भव’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदवी- (प्रातिपदिक)

• भव: be; become
• भव: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of the Brāhmaṇa (priest / Brahmin)
• ब्राह्मणस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिशस्त्या: by/with the imprecation, accusation, curse
• अभिशस्त्या: करण (means/agency: ‘by/with the curse/accusation’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिशस्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अभि-शंस्’ से ‘निन्दा/अभियोग/शाप’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies)

Devata: Aghnyā (Cow as inviolable power) / protective Padavī

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical check)

Mantra Rasa

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