Atharva Veda 15.5.3: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 3
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नास्य॑ प॒शून् न स॑मा॒नान् हि॑नस्ति॒ य ए॒वं वेद॑
IAST Transliteration
nā́syá paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
He harmeth not his cattle, nor his peers—whoso thus hath knowledge.
Translation
ഇങ്ങനെ അറിയുന്നവൻ തന്റെ പശുക്കളെയും (പശുക്കളെപ്പോലുള്ള) മൃഗങ്ങളെയും, തന്റെ സമാനരെയും ഹാനിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നില്ല.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्यof him/its
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पशून्cattle; animals
पशून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
समानान्equal; similar (ones)
समानान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed; for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
हिनस्तिharms; injures
हिनस्ति:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) <हिनस्- (वर्तमान-प्रयोग)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus; in this way
एवम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
वेदknows
वेद:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous
Devata: Rakṣā principle mediated by Rudraic guardianship (implicit)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta
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