Mantra 5

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तामाददानस्य ब्रह्मगवीं जिनतो ब्राह्मणं क्षत्रियस्य

IAST Transliteration

tā́m ādadā́nasya brahma-gavī́m jinató brā́hmaṇaṃ kṣatríyasya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That Brahman-cow—when a Kṣatriya, taking it to himself, would fain win it by mastery—(it touches) the Brahman (and his dread potency).

Translation

那“婆罗门之牛”（brahma-gavī）——当刹帝利（Kṣatriya）将它据为己有，欲以权势征服夺取之时——（它便触及）婆罗门及其可畏的神威。

Word by Word

• तमात्: therefore / from that (hence)
• तमात्: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + मा (निपात, एवैव/ह्यर्थे) → तस्मात्

• ददानस्य: of the giver / of one who is giving
• ददानस्य: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दाने) → ददत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त) → ददान

• ब्रह्मगवीं: the brahma-cow (a cow given/connected with priestly rite)
• ब्रह्मगवीं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + गो (स्त्री) → ब्रह्मगवी (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• जिनतः: of the conqueror / of one who overcomes
• जिनतः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (जय/अभिभवे) → जिनत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त) → जिनत्

• ब्राह्मणम्: a Brahmin (priest)
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षत्रियस्य: of the Kshatriya (royal/warrior)
• क्षत्रियस्य: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Atharvanic seers (Angiras/Atharvan milieu); specific r̥ṣi attribution for 12.5 is edition-dependent

Devata: Dharma / Rāṣṭra-order (implicit); the sacral power of Brahman (brahman) as operative force

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-family (contextual; this verse is a short syntactic member within a metrical series)

Mantra Rasa

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