Mantra 42

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तां देवा अमीमांसन्त वशेया३मवशेति । तामब्रवीन्नारद एषा वशानां वशतमेति

IAST Transliteration

tā́ṃ devā́ amīmāṃsanta vaśéyā́m ávaśéti | tā́m abravīn nā́rada eṣā́ vaśā́nāṃ vaśátaméti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Her the Gods debated: ‘Shall she be Vashā, or non-Vashā?’ Nārada spake of her: ‘This is the most Vashā among Vashās.’

Translation

神々は彼女について論じた。「彼女はヴァシャー（Vashā）であるべきか、非ヴァシャーであるべきか。」ナーラダ（Nārada）は彼女について言った。「この者こそ、ヴァシャーたちの中で最もヴァシャーである。」

Word by Word

ताम्her/that (fem.)

देवाःthe gods

अमीमांसन्तthey examined/considered

वशेयाम्(as) a ‘vashā’ (a cow under control / a docile cow)

अवशाuncontrolled, not docile

इतिthus/‘saying’

ताम्her/that (fem.)

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

नारदःNārada

एषाthis (woman/cow)

वशानाम्of the vashā-cows / of the docile ones

वशतमाmost docile/most controllable

इतिthus

Attribution

Rishi: Nārada (explicitly functioning as authoritative speaker within the mantra).

Devata: Vashā-category itself (ritual potency), with gods as deliberative agents.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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