Mantra 12

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य आर्षेयेभ्यो याचद्भ्यो देवानां गां न दित्सति । आ स देवेषु वृश्चते ब्राह्मणानां च मन्यवे

IAST Transliteration

yá ā̀rṣeyébhyo yā́cadbhyo devā́nāṃ gā́ṃ ná ditsati | ā́ sá devéṣu vṛścate brāhmaṇā́nāṃ ca mányave ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso, when the Ārṣeyas ask, will not bestow the cow that is the Gods’, he is cut off among the Gods, and (is delivered) to the Brahmans’ wrath.

Translation

アールシェーヤ（Ārṣeya）たちが乞い求めるとき、神々の牝牛を施そうとしない者は、神々の中で断たれ、またバラモンたちの憤りに委ねられる。

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

आर्षेयेभ्यःto the ṛṣi-descended seers / to the Ārṣeyas

याचद्भ्यःto those who are asking/begging

देवानाम्of the gods

गाम्a cow

नnot

दित्सतिwishes/intends to give

आtowards; into; (intensifier)

सःhe

देवेषुamong/in the gods

वृश्चतेis cut off / is severed

ब्राह्मणानाम्of the brāhmaṇas

चand

मन्यवेto (their) wrath/indignation

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Devas (as owners/guarantors of order) and Brahmanical Manyu (wrath) as sanction

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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