Mantra 15

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न वर्षं मैत्रावरुणं ब्रह्मज्यमभि वर्षति । नास्मै समितिः कल्पते न मित्रं नयते वशम्

IAST Transliteration

ná varṣáṃ maitrāvaruṇáṃ brahmajyám abhí varṣati | nā́smái samítiḥ kalpate ná mitráṃ nayate váśam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

No Mitra-Varuṇa rain raineth upon the Brahman-slayer; for him no assembly is made ready; no friend bringeth (aught) under his control.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वर्षम्: rain (as object)
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• मैत्रावरुणम्: (rain) belonging to Mitra and Varuṇa / the Mitra-Varuṇa rain
• मैत्रावरुणम्: Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण वर्षम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मैत्रावरुण (प्रातिपदिक; मित्‍र-वरुण-सम्बन्धिन्)

• ब्रह्मज्यम्: the ‘brahman-bowstring’ (a charm/ritual implement; lit. sacred bowstring)
• ब्रह्मज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मज्य (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्म + ज्य ‘धनुषि प्रत्यञ्चा/ज्या’)

• अभि: towards, upon; over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• वर्षति: rains
• वर्षति: Kriyā (क्रिया); Kartā implied (e.g., Parjanya/sky)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष् (वर्षति)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्मै: to him / for him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• समितिः: assembly, gathering; agreement/union
• समितिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पते: is fitting/available; comes about
• कल्पते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (कल्पते)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मित्रम्: a friend; Mitra
• मित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• नयते: leads, brings
• नयते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (नयति/नयते)

• वशम्: control, subjection, power
• वशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (consult Anukramaṇī for precise seer).

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (as rain/order) and the Devas’ sanction; target = brahmajya.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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