Mantra 10

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं यज्ञायज्ञियं च वामदेव्यं च यज्ञश्च यजमानश्च पशवश्चानुव्यऽचलन्

IAST Transliteration

táṃ yá-jñāyajñíyaṃ ca vāmadevyáṃ ca yajñáś ca yájāmānaś ca paśávaś cā́nuvy àcalan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him followed—sacrifice-worthy and sacrifice-honoured—Vāmadeva’s auspicious might; yea, Sacrifice, and the Sacrificer, and the Cattle went after him.

Word by Word

• तम्: him / that (one)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञायज्ञियम्: worthy of sacrifice / fit for worship
• यज्ञायज्ञियम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञायज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + यज्ञिय)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वामदेव्यम्: (the) Vāmadeva(-hymn/quality); belonging to Vāmadeva
• वामदेव्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वामदेव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice
• यज्ञः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• यजमानः: the sacrificer / patron
• यजमानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक; यज्-धातोः वर्तमानकृदन्त-आधारितः)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पशवः: the animals / cattle
• पशवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अनुव्यचलन्: followed; moved along after (him)
• अनुव्यचलन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-वि-चल् (धातु: चल्)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Vrātya/Angirasic-Atharvanic seer-complex (Anukramaṇī traditions vary for AV 15)

Devata: Vrātya as sacral person; also the abstract powers of Yajña and Paśu

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (AV 15 often shows brāhmaṇa-like cadence rather than strict RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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