Mantra 6

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो अस्याः कर्णावास्कुनोत्या स देवेषु वृश्चते । लक्ष्म कुर्व इति मन्यते कनीयः कृणुते स्वम्

IAST Transliteration

yó asyā́ḥ kárṇāv āskunóty ā́ sá devéṣu vṛścáte | lákṣma kurvá íti mányate kanī́yaḥ kṛṇute svám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso tugs at her two ears—he is cut off among the Gods. ‘I make me Fortune,’ so he imagines; but he makes his own estate the lesser.

Translation

जो तिचे दोन्ही कान ओढतो—तो देवांमध्येच छिन्न/कापला जातो. ‘मी माझ्यासाठी लक्ष्मी करीत आहे’ असे तो मानतो; पण तो आपलीच संपत्ती कमी करून घेतो.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्याः: of this (woman/one)
• अस्याः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्णौ: (her) two ears
• कर्णौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्कुनोति: stuffs/blocks up
• आस्कुनोति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्कु (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृश्चते: is cut off / is severed
• वृश्चते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृश्च् (धातु)

• लक्ष्म: ill-luck, blemish, misfortune
• लक्ष्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी/लक्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः)

• कुर्वे: I make / I do
• कुर्वे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• इति: thus
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मन्यते: thinks
• मन्यते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)

• कनीयः: less; too little
• कनीयः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण)

• कृणुते: does/makes
• कृणुते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• स्वम्: his own (thing); his own
• स्वम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous

Devata: Lakṣmī (by mention) and the moralized force of divine exclusion (deveṣu vṛścate)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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