Mantra 46
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
विलिप्ती या बृहस्पतेऽथो सूतवशा वशा। तस्या नाश्नीयादब्राह्मणो य आशंसेत भूत्याम्
IAST Transliteration
viliptī́ yā́ bṛ́haspate 'thó sūtávaśā vaśā́ | tásyā ná āśnīyā́d ábrāhmaṇo yá āśáṃseta bhū́tyām ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Viliptī, which is thine, O Bṛhaspati, and also the Vashā called Sūtavaśā—of her let not the non-Brahman eat, who would hope for prosperity.
Translation
婆罗门主（Bṛhaspati）啊，那属于你的“维利普提”（Viliptī），以及那称作“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
विलिप्तीthe ‘smeared/daubed’ (one), the anointed woman (name/epithet)
विलिप्ती:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविलिप्ति- (वि + √लिप् ‘लेपन/लिप्ति’ से निष्पन्न स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
याwho/which
या:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बृहस्पतेO Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पते:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootबृहस्पति- (देवता-नाम)
अथोand also / moreover
अथो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)
सूतवशाSūtavaśā (a named/epithetic ‘docile/cow-like’ female)
सूतवशा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसूतवशा- (प्रातिपदिक; सूत + वशा, समास/विशेषण-नाम)
वशाa vaśā (a cow/heifer; a docile female)
वशा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवशा- (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध)
अश्नीयात्should eat
अश्नीयात्:
(विधेय क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (अश्नोति ‘to eat’)
अब्राह्मणःa non-Brahmin / one not fit as a brāhmaṇa
अब्राह्मणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअ-ब्राह्मण- (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आशंसेतshould hope for / should desire
आशंसेत:
(विधेय क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√शंस् (आशंसते ‘to hope for, desire’)
भूत्याम्in prosperity / for welfare (as the sphere/aim)
भूत्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootभूति- (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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