Mantra 60

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अघ्न्ये प्र शिरो जहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य कृतागसो देवपीयोरराधसः

IAST Transliteration

ághnye prá śíro jahi brahma-jyásya kṛtā́gaso deva-pīyór arā́dhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Aghnyā, smite forth the head of him, the Brahma-slayer—of the sinner who hath wrought the guilt, who hath drunk what is the Gods’, devoid of grace and rightful weal.

Translation

ಹೇ ಅಘ್ನ್ಯಾ, ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ ಮಾಡಿದವನ—ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿ ದೋಷಿಯಾಗಿರುವವನ, ದೇವರ ಪಾನೀಯವನ್ನು ಕುಡಿದವನ, ಕೃಪೆಯೂ ಯೋಗ್ಯ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣವೂ ಇಲ್ಲದವನ—ತಲೆಯನ್ನು ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಡೆದು ಕತ್ತರಿಸು.

Word by Word

• अघ्न्ये: O inviolable one / O cow (not to be slain)
• अघ्न्ये: सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक) < अ-घ्न्या (घन्/हन् ‘to kill’ से निषेध)

• प्र: forth, forward; intensifier
• प्र: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग) क्रियायाः प्रवृत्तिनिर्देशकः
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: strike! slay!
• जहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• ब्रह्मज्यस्य: of the brahma-slayer / violator of sacred power
• ब्रह्मज्यस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्ध/निर्देशन: ‘of the brahma-slayer’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (genitive)
• Root: ब्रह्मज्य (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + ज्य ‘to injure/overcome’ → ‘one who harms brahman/holy power’)

• कृतागसः: of the sin-committer; of one who has committed offence
• कृतागसः: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (विशेषण-सम्बन्धः ब्रह्मज्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (genitive)
• Root: कृतागस् (प्रातिपदिक; कृत ‘done’ + आगस् ‘sin/offence’)

• देवपीयोः: of the ‘devourer/consumer of the gods’ (epithet of the offender)
• देवपीयोः: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्ध/निर्देशन: ‘of the devapiyu’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (genitive)
• Root: देवपीयु (प्रातिपदिक; देव + पीयु/पीय ‘one who drinks/partakes’ → ‘devourer/consumer of the gods’ / ‘one who drinks what is for the gods’)

• अराधसः: of the unsuccessful/ill-fated; without favor/prosperity
• अराधसः: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (विशेषण-सम्बन्धः पूर्वपदानाम्)
• Type: Adjective (genitive)
• Root: अ-राधस् (प्रातिपदिक; राधस् ‘success, favor, good fortune’ with privative a-)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Prajāpati/Angirasic attribution for AV 12.5 complex (varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Aghnyā (sacred Cow) as punitive divine power; indirectly Brahman (sacral order)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (dominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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