Mantra 38

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अशिता लोकाच्छिनत्ति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यमस्माच्चामुष्माच्च

IAST Transliteration

aśitā́ lokā́c chinátti brahma-gávī bráhma-jyam asmā́c ca amúṣmāc ca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Fasting-deprivation cuts a man off from his world; the Brahman’s cow, the Brahman’s due—(it cuts off) from this one and from that one.

Translation

禁食与剥夺使人从其所属的世界被割断；婆罗门之牛、婆罗门应得之分——（也使人）从此世与彼世两处被割断。

Word by Word

• अशिता: the eaten one / (as) having eaten (fem.)
• अशिता: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशित (प्रातिपदिक; √अश् ‘भक्षणे’ से निष्पन्न ‘अशित’ = भक्षित/खाया हुआ)

• लोकात्: from the world
• लोकात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• छिनत्ति: cuts off / severs
• छिनत्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छिद् (छेदने)

• ब्रह्मगवी: the brahma-cow (sacred cow connected with brahman)
• ब्रह्मगवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मगवी (समास-प्रातिपदिक: ब्रह्मन् + गवी ‘cow’)

• ब्रह्मज्यम्: the brahman-bowstring / sacred bowstring
• ब्रह्मज्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मज्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक: ब्रह्मन् + ज्य ‘bowstring’)

• अस्मात्: from this (one/place)
• अस्मात्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अमुष्मात्: from that (yonder)
• अमुष्मात्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘that yonder’)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Brahman (sacral power) / Nirṛti-like severing misfortune (implicit)

Chandas: Not specified in the provided excerpt

Mantra Rasa

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