Mantra 53

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अविः कृष्णा भागधेयं पशूनां सीसं क्रव्यादपि चन्द्रं त आहुः । माषाः पिष्टा भागधेयं ते हव्यमरण्यान्या गह्वरं सचस्व

IAST Transliteration

avíḥ́ kṛṣṇā́ bhāgadhéyaṃ paśūnā́ṃ sī́saṃ krav-yā́d ápi candráṃ ta āhuḥ | mā́ṣāḥ́ piṣṭā́ bhāgadhéyaṃ te havyám araṇyānyā́ gā́hvaraṃ sacasva

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A black ewe is the rightful portion among the beasts; and lead, men say, is thy portion also, O flesh-devouring one, yea even the shining share. Pounded beans are thy allotted due, an oblation meet for offering: O Araṇyānī, cleave thou to the deep woodland hollow.

Translation

ਕਾਲੀ ਭੇੜੀ (ਅਵਿਃ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਣਾ) ਪਸ਼ੂਆਂ ਵਿਚ ਤੇਰਾ ਨਿਆਂਯੋਗ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਸੀਸਾ ਵੀ, ਲੋਕ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਹੇ ਕ੍ਰਵ੍ਯਾਦ (ਮਾਸ-ਭੱਖੀ) — ਹਾਂ, ਚਮਕਦਾ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਵੀ ਤੇਰਾ ਹੀ ਹੈ। ਪਿਸੇ ਹੋਏ ਮਾਸ਼ (ਉੜਦ) ਤੇਰਾ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਿਤ ਭਾਗ ਹਨ, ਹਵ੍ਯ ਰੂਪ ਅਰਪਣ ਲਈ ਯੋਗ। ਹੇ ਅਰਣ੍ਯਾਨੀ, ਤੂੰ ਗਹ੍ਵਰ—ਘਣੇ ਜੰਗਲ ਦੇ ਡੂੰਘੇ ਖੋਹ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੀ ਰਹੁ।

Word by Word

• अविः: ewe; female sheep
• अविः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृष्णा: black, dark
• कृष्णा: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• भागधेयम्: share, allotted portion (offering-portion)
• भागधेयम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागधेय- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पशूनाम्: of the cattle/animals
• पशूनाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सीसम्: lead (metal)
• सीसम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीस- (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रव्याद्: from the flesh-eater; carrion-eater
• क्रव्याद्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• चन्द्रम्: the moon; the shining one
• चन्द्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of/for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आहुः: they have said; they call
• आहुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह् (ब्रू/वद्-अर्थे) / √अह् ‘कथने’

• माषाः: black gram beans
• माषाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: माष- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिष्टाः: ground, pounded
• पिष्टाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: √पिष् (पेषणे) → पिष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• भागधेयम्: share; allotted offering
• भागधेयम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागधेय- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your; for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हव्यम्: oblation; what is to be offered
• हव्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हव्य- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरण्यान्या: Araṇyānī (goddess of the forest)
• अरण्यान्या: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: अरण्यानि- (प्रातिपदिक; देवीनाम) / अरण्यानी

• गह्वरम्: cave; deep hollow; thicket-depth
• गह्वरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गह्वर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सचस्व: attach yourself; accompany; resort (to)
• सचस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सच् (समवाये/सेवने ‘to accompany, attach oneself’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (book-level attribution varies; not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Araṇyānī; and secondarily the Kravyād (as a hostile power to be satisfied/repelled)

Chandas: Not securely determinable from the excerpt alone (mixed/prose-like Atharvanic cadence possible)

Mantra Rasa

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