Atharva Veda 15.11.9: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 9

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऐनं॒ वशो॑ ग॑च्छति व॒शी व॒शिनां॑ भवति॒ य ए॒वं वेद॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.11.9

IAST Transliteration

ā́ enam váśo gácchati vaśī́ vaśínāṃ bhávati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unto him cometh mastery; a master he becometh among masters—whoso thus hath knowledge.

Translation

അവന്റെ അടുക്കൽ വശം വരുന്നു; വശികളിൽ അവൻ വശിയാകുന്നു (ആധിപത്യവാനാകുന്നു)—ഇങ്ങനെ അറിയുന്നവൻ.

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Word by Word

• एनम्: him/it (this one)
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एतद्/इदम्-श्रुति-रूप ‘एन’

• वशः: control, mastery; one who has control
• वशः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)

• गच्छति: goes, approaches
• गच्छति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• वशी: self-controlled; masterful, one who controls
• वशी: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (substantive use) / Noun
• Root: वशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वशिनाम्: of the self-controlled / of the masters
• वशिनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya section (variable attribution)

Devata: Váśa / social mastery

Chandas: Mixed/irregular

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta