Mantra 13

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो अस्य स्याद् वशाभोगो अन्यामिच्छेत तर्हि सः । हिंस्ते अदत्ता पुरुषं याचितां च न दित्सति

IAST Transliteration

yó ásya syā́d vaśābhogó anyā́m ícchet tárhi sáḥ | híṃste ádattā púruṣaṃ yācitā́ṃ ca ná dítsati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso should be the enjoyer of this Vaśā, and yet should covet another, then he—by what is not duly given—wrongeth a man, and to the petitioner he will not render (what is due).

Translation

Kẻ nào là người hưởng thụ Vaśā này mà còn thèm muốn điều khác nữa, thì kẻ ấy dùng vật không được ban cho đúng phép mà làm hại người, và đối với kẻ đến cầu xin cũng không trao phần đáng phải trao.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

अस्यof this (man/person)

स्यात्should be / might be

वशाभोगःone who enjoys/uses a ‘vashā’ (i.e., a controller’s/enslaving) enjoyment; a possessor of controlling enjoyment

अन्याम्another (woman/one)

इच्छेत्should desire

तर्हिthen

सःhe

हिंस्तेharms / injures

अदत्ताम्not-given (i.e., not granted/unauthorized)

पुरुषम्a man/person

याचिताम्asked-for / sought (one)

चand

नnot

दित्सतिwishes to give / intends to give

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for AV 12.4 (to be specified per anukramaṇī in critical apparatus)

Devata: Dharma / social order implicit; also the sacralized vaśā as efficacious object

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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