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Atharva Veda 5.18.3: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 3

Sukta 18

आवि॑ष्टिता॒घवि॑षा पृदा॒कूरि॑व॒ चर्म॑णा । सा ब्रा॑ह्म॒णस्य॑ राजन्य तृ॒ष्टैषा गौर॑ना॒द्या

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.18.3

ā́-viṣṭitā́ghá-viṣā pṛdākú̄r iva cármaṇā | sā́ brā́hmaṇásya rājanya tṛṣṭáiṣā́ gáur anā́dyā ||

Enwrapped with evil poison, as with a leopard’s hide for covering—this cow, O Rajanya, is thirsting: this is the Brahmin’s cow, not to be eaten.

Owinęta złowrogą trucizną, jak skórą lamparda za osłonę, ta krowa, o Radżanjo, pragnie: to jest krowa Brahmina, nie do spożycia.

आविष्टिताentered/possessed; having entered
आविष्टिता:
Kartā (विषय/कर्ता-स्थानीया) अथवा विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-√विश् (प्रवेशने) → क्त (कृदन्त) / प्रातिपदिक: आविष्टित-
अघविषाwith deadly poison / with evil venom
अघविषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअघविष- (प्रातिपदिक; अघ + विष) अथवा विष (प्रातिपदिक)
पृदाकूरिa pṛdāku (spotted serpent)
पृदाकूरि:
Kartā (उपमान-रूपेण) अथवा उपमेयस्य विशेषणम्
TypeNoun
Rootपृदाकु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चित्त्रसर्प/पृदाकु’ = spotted serpent)
इवlike, as
इव:
— (उपमा-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
चर्मणाwith skin/hide
चर्मणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
साshe/that (female)
सा:
Kartā (विषय) अथवा विशेष्य
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्राह्मणस्यof the brāhmaṇa
ब्राह्मणस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation) / अधिकार-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण- (प्रातिपदिक)
राजन्यO kṣatriya (rajan-ya), O noble
राजन्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / Address
Rootराजन्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
तृष्टाthirsty, parched
तृष्टा:
Kartā (विषय-विशेषण) अथवा विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे
TypeAdjective
Root√तृष् (पिपासायाम्) → क्त (कृदन्त) / प्रातिपदिक: तृष्ट-
एषाthis (female/this one)
एषा:
Kartā (विषय) / निर्देश
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गौर्cow
गौर्:
Kartā (विषय) अथवा उपमेय
TypeNoun
Rootगो- (प्रातिपदिक)
अनाद्याnot to be eaten; inedible
अनाद्या:
Kartā (विषय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनाद्य- (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + आद्य) अथवा √अद् (भक्षणे) से निष्पन्न ‘आद्य’ (edible) का निषेध

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed broadly to Atharvan/Angiras circles for brahma-tejas hymns)

Devata: Brahman (sacral power) / protective force of the Brahmin’s property (implicit)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV social-apotropaic verses commonly in anuṣṭubh)

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: raudra

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