Mantra 65

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एवा त्वं देव्यघ्न्ये ब्रह्मज्यस्य कृतागसो देवपीयोरराधसः

IAST Transliteration

evá tváṃ dévy aghnye brahmajyásya kṛtā́gaso devapīyór arā́dhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Even so, O Goddess, O inviolate One, upon the Brahman-slayer—upon him that hath wrought sin, the profaner of the gods’ due, the unprosperous in worship—(do thou execute this).

Translation

అదేవిధంగా, ఓ దేవీ, ఓ అఘ్న్యే (అవధ్య/అస్పృశ్య), బ్రహ్మహంతపై—పాపం చేసినవానిపై, దేవుల భాగాన్ని అపహాస్యం చేసినవానిపై, ఉపాసనలో అరాధ (అసమృద్ధి)గలవానిపై—నీవు దీనిని (దండం/ప్రభావం) అమలు చేయుము.

Word by Word

• एव: thus, just, indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अघ्न्ये: O inviolable one (not to be harmed)
• अघ्न्ये: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: अघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक; ‘न हन्तव्या’)

• ब्रह्मज्यस्य: of the brahma-slayer / of one who harms brahman (sacred power)
• ब्रह्मज्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मज्य (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + ज्य ‘हानि/क्षति’ → ‘ब्रह्म-हानि/ब्रह्मघात’)

• कृतागसः: of the sin-committer; of one who has committed offence
• कृतागसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (substantival)
• Root: कृतागस् (प्रातिपदिक; कृत ‘done’ + आगस् ‘sin/offence’)

• देवपीयोः: of the god-drinker / of one who partakes of (or is dear to) the gods
• देवपीयोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: देवपीयु (प्रातिपदिक; देव + पीयु/पीय ‘drink/one who drinks’ → ‘devotee/one who partakes of the gods’ drink’)

• अराधसः: of the unsuccessful/ill-favoured; of one without prosperity
• अराधसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अराधस् (प्रातिपदिक; a- + राधस् ‘success, favour, prosperity’ → ‘lack of favour/success’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (sūkta-level; traditional lists vary)

Devata: Devī (Aghnyā as inviolable punitive power); implicitly Vajra/weapon-force in the sequence

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted; some editions treat the sequence as mixed/irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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