Mantra 11

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गौरेव तान् हन्यमाना वैतहव्याँ अवातिरत्। ये केसरप्राबन्धायाश्चरमाजामपेचिरन्

IAST Transliteration

gaúr iva tā́n hányamānā vaitahavyā́n avā́tirat | yé kesara-prā́bandhāyāś caramā́jām ápeciran ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Like a cow, smiting them, she bore the Vaitahavyas down—those who had driven off the last goat of her, the tuft-bound (marked) one.

Translation

Nàng như bò cái, đánh phạt chúng và quật ngã tộc Vaitahavya—những kẻ đã lùa đi con dê cuối cùng của nàng, con dê được buộc túm lông làm dấu.

Word by Word

• गौः: a cow (as subject)
• गौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हन्यमाना: being struck/being slain
• हन्यमाना: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण गौः) / कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृसमानाधिकरण
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √हन् (हिंसागत्योः) / हन्

• वैतहव्यान्: the Vaitahavya-men (those of the Vaitahavya clan)
• वैतहव्यान्: Karma (तान् इति विशेषणम्) / Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वैतहव्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वितहव्य-सम्बन्धिनः’)

• अवातिरत्: crossed down/overcame, passed over
• अवातिरत्: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया); गौः = Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √तॄ (तरणे) / √तॄ

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā (उपवाक्ये) / सम्बन्धक
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• केसरप्राबन्धायाः: of the ‘kesara-binding/arrangement’ (of the mane/tuft-binding)
• केसरप्राबन्धायाः: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: केसर-प्राबन्धा (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘केसरस्य प्राबन्धा/प्रबन्धः’)

• चरमाजाम्: the last goats (the hindmost goats)
• चरमाजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरम + अज (समास; ‘चरमा अजाः’)

• अपेचिरन्: they went away, withdrew, departed
• अपेचिरन्: Kriyā (उपवाक्ये); ये = Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + √चॄ/चर् (गत्यर्थ; वैदिके ‘अपेचिर्’ इति लुङ्-बहुवचनरूपम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Cow/Go (as sacralized wealth) under Brahmanic protection; brahman as sanction

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with lexical irregularities)

Mantra Rasa

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