Mantra 11

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गौरेव तान् हन्यमाना वैतहव्याँ अवातिरत्। ये केसरप्राबन्धायाश्चरमाजामपेचिरन्

IAST Transliteration

gaúr iva tā́n hányamānā vaitahavyā́n avā́tirat | yé kesara-prā́bandhāyāś caramā́jām ápeciran ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Like a cow, smiting them, she bore the Vaitahavyas down—those who had driven off the last goat of her, the tuft-bound (marked) one.

Word by Word

• गौः: a cow (as subject)
• गौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हन्यमाना: being struck/being slain
• हन्यमाना: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण गौः) / कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृसमानाधिकरण
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √हन् (हिंसागत्योः) / हन्

• वैतहव्यान्: the Vaitahavya-men (those of the Vaitahavya clan)
• वैतहव्यान्: Karma (तान् इति विशेषणम्) / Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वैतहव्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वितहव्य-सम्बन्धिनः’)

• अवातिरत्: crossed down/overcame, passed over
• अवातिरत्: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया); गौः = Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √तॄ (तरणे) / √तॄ

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā (उपवाक्ये) / सम्बन्धक
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• केसरप्राबन्धायाः: of the ‘kesara-binding/arrangement’ (of the mane/tuft-binding)
• केसरप्राबन्धायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: केसर-प्राबन्धा (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘केसरस्य प्राबन्धा/प्रबन्धः’)

• चरमाजाम्: the last goats (the hindmost goats)
• चरमाजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरम + अज (समास; ‘चरमा अजाः’)

• अपेचिरन्: they went away, withdrew, departed
• अपेचिरन्: Kriyā (उपवाक्ये); ये = Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + √चॄ/चर् (गत्यर्थ; वैदिके ‘अपेचिर्’ इति लुङ्-बहुवचनरूपम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Cow/Go (as sacralized wealth) under Brahmanic protection; brahman as sanction

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with lexical irregularities)

Mantra Rasa

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