Mantra 44

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विलिप्त्या बृहस्पते या च सूतवशा वशा। तस्या नाश्नीयादब्राह्मणो या आशंसेत भूत्याम्

IAST Transliteration

viliptýā bṛ́haspate yā́ ca sūtávaśā vaśā́ | tásyā ná āśnīyā́d ábrāhmaṇo yá āśáṃseta bhū́tyām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Viliptī, O Bṛhaspati, and the Vashā called Sūtavaśā—of her let not the non-Brahman eat, who would fain look for prosperity.

Translation

婆罗门主（Bṛhaspati）啊，那名为“维利普提”（Viliptī）的（母牛/祭牲），以及称作“苏塔瓦沙”（Sūtavaśā）的瓦沙（Vashā）——凡欲求兴盛（bhūti）者，非婆罗门者不可食其肉。

Word by Word

विलिप्त्याby/with smearing; by anointment

बृहस्पतेO Bṛhaspati

याwhich (she)

चand

सूतवशाa ‘Sūta-vashā’ (a named/characterized vashā-cow)

वशाa vashā-cow (a particular kind of cow)

तस्याःof her/of that (cow)

नnot

अश्नीयात्should eat

अब्राह्मणःa non-Brahmin; one not entitled as a brāhmaṇa

याwhich (she)

आशंसेतshould hope for/expect

भूत्याम्in prosperity; in welfare/abundance

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (dialogic frame with Nārada; Bṛhaspati invoked)

Devata: Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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