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

ਜੋ ਕੋਈ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਕੰਨ ਖਿੱਚਦਾ ਹੈ—ਉਹ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਕੱਟ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ‘ਮੈਂ ਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ (ਭਾਗ) ਬਣਾਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ’ ਐਸਾ ਉਹ ਸਮਝਦਾ ਹੈ; ਪਰ ਆਪਣੀ ਹੀ ਦੌਲਤ-ਹਾਲਤ ਨੂੰ ਘੱਟ ਕਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

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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