Mantra 11

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तानि सर्वाण्यप क्रामन्ति ब्रह्मगवीमाददानस्य जिनतो ब्राह्मणं क्षत्रियस्य

IAST Transliteration

tā́ni sárvāṇy ápa krāmanti brahma-gavī́m ādadānásya jinató brā́hmaṇaṃ kṣatríyasya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All those depart away from him who taketh the Brahmin’s cow, from the Kṣatriya who would overbear the Brahmin.

Translation

ब्राह्मणाची गाय जो हिसकावून घेतो त्याच्यापासून ती सर्व (संपदा) दूर निघून जाते; ब्राह्मणावर दडपशाही करू पाहणाऱ्या त्या क्षत्रियापासूनही (ती दूर जाते).

Word by Word

तानिthose (things), them

सर्वाणिall

अपaway, off

क्रामन्तिthey step/move away, depart

ब्रह्मगवीम्the brahma-cow (a cow connected with brahman/ritual power)

आददानस्यof (one) who is taking/receiving

जिनतःof the conquering one

ब्राह्मणम्the Brahmin

क्षत्रियस्यof the Kshatriya

Attribution

Rishi: As for AV 12.5 (Anukramaṇī verification pending).

Devata: Brahman (sacral authority) / the moral force protecting Brahmins.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (to be confirmed).

Mantra Rasa

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