Mantra 11

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

घृतं प्रोक्षन्ती सुभगा देवी देवान् गमिष्यति । पक्तारमघ्न्ये मा हिंसीर्दिवं प्रेहि शतौदने

IAST Transliteration

ghṛtáṃ prókṣantī subhágā devī́ devā́n gamiṣyati | paktā́ram aghnye mā́ hiṃsīr dívaṃ préhi śatā́udane

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sprinkling with ghee, the gracious Goddess goeth unto the Gods. O Cow inviolable, harm not the cooker: go thou to Heaven with the Hundred-Odana.

Translation

Rảy ghee (bơ tinh) để tẩy tịnh, Nữ Thần cát tường đi đến với các Thần. Hỡi bò cái bất khả xâm phạm, chớ làm hại người nấu; hãy đi lên Trời cùng “Trăm Odana (Śatāudana)”.

Word by Word

• घृतम्: ghee
• घृतम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रोक्षन्ती: sprinkling
• प्रोक्षन्ती: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + उक्ष् (धातु)

• सुभगा: fortunate, auspicious
• सुभगा: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• गमिष्यति: will go / will reach
• गमिष्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• पक्तारम्: the cook (preparer)
• पक्तारम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √पच् से)

• अघ्न्ये: O inviolable one (not to be slain)
• अघ्न्ये: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: अघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• हिंसीः: harm (you)
• हिंसीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस् (धातु)

• दिवम्: heaven, the sky
• दिवम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र

• एहि: go! come!
• एहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• शतौदने: O (one) with a hundred portions of cooked rice / hundred-gruel
• शतौदने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: शत-ओदन (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (see Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Aghnyā (sacred Cow) / offering-power; also Devāḥ as recipients.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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