Mantra 1

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्मगवी। ३ चतुष्पदा स्वराडुष्णिक्, ४ आसुर्यनुष्टुप्, ५ साम्नी पङ्क्तिः। श्रमेण तपसा सृष्टा ब्रह्मणा वित्तर्ते श्रिता

IAST Transliteration

brahma-gavī | śrámeṇa tápasā sr̥ṣṭá̄ bráhmaṇā vittá-r̥té śritā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Brahman-Cow—by labour and by holy heat created, by sacred power brought forth—on the ordered law of wealth she standeth firm.

Word by Word

• श्रमॆण: by toil, through exertion
• श्रमॆण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम (प्रातिपदिक) / श्रम् (धातु)

• तपसा: by austerity, by heat/penance
• तपसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) / तप् (धातु)

• सृष्टा: created, produced
• सृष्टा: — (विशेषण/विधेय-भाग)
• Type: Participle (Adjective) / Verbal derivative
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → सृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahman; by sacred power/prayer
• ब्रह्मणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) / बृह् (धातु-सम्बन्ध)

• वित्तर्ते: extends, spreads out
• वित्तर्ते: क्रिया (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वित् + तृ (धातु) / वितर्त् (धातु-समूह; ‘वितर्/वितर्त्’ = to extend, spread)

• श्रिता: resting on, supported, resorted to
• श्रिता: — (विशेषण/विधेय-भाग)
• Type: Participle (Adjective) / Verbal derivative
• Root: श्रि (धातु) → श्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified in supplied excerpt (to be confirmed from AVŚ 12.5 anukramaṇī)

Devata: Brahman (sacred power) embodied as the Brahman-Cow

Chandas: Mixed/annotated in the heading; mantra itself is short and likely part of a larger metrical sequence (to be verified in full hymn).

Mantra Rasa

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