Mantra 37

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रवीयमाना चरति क्रुद्धा गोपतये वशा। वेहतं मा मन्यमानो मृत्योः पाशेषु बध्यताम्

IAST Transliteration

pravī́yamānā carati krúddhā gopátaye vaśā́ | véhatam mā́ mányamāno mṛtyóḥ pā́śeṣu badhyatām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Driven onward she goes, wrathful, the Vashā, against the cattle-lord. Let him who, deeming her ‘barren’ (or ‘worthless’), so thinks—be bound fast in the nooses of Death.

Translation

Bị thúc đẩy, nàng bước đi trong cơn giận—Vashā hướng đến chủ đàn gia súc. Kẻ nào cho rằng nàng ‘vô sinh/không đáng giá’ mà nghĩ như thế, nguyện kẻ ấy bị trói chặt trong những thòng lọng của Tử thần (Mṛtyu).

Word by Word

प्रवीयमानाbeing driven/impelled forward

चरतिmoves, goes about

क्रुद्धाangered

गोपतयेfor the lord/guardian of cattle

वशाthe cow (vashā; a cow/possibly a barren cow in some usage)

वेहतम्(as) barren/without offspring

माdo not

मन्यमानःthinking, supposing

मृत्योःof Death

पाशेषुin the nooses

बध्यताम्let him be bound

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (not specified).

Devata: Vaśā (wrathful agent) and Mṛtyu (punitive power).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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