Mantra 13

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हतास्तिरश्चिराजयो निपिष्टासः पृदाकवः । दर्विं करिक्रतं श्वित्रं दर्भेष्वसितं जहि

IAST Transliteration

hatā́s tiraścirájayo nípiṣṭāsaḥ pṛ́dākavaḥ | dárvīṃ kárikṛtaṃ śvitrám darbheṣv asitáṃ jahí ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Smitten are the crosswise-creeping things; crushed down are the spotted ones. With the hand-wrought ladle smite the White one; among the darbhas slay the Black.

Translation

مضروبةٌ هي الكائناتُ الزاحفةُ على هيئةِ التقاطع؛ مسحوقةٌ هي المُرقَّطة. وبالمِغرفةِ الطقسيةِ (دارفِي) المصنوعةِ باليدِ اضربِ «الأبيضَ»؛ وبينَ أعشابِ الدَّربها اقتلِ «الأسودَ».

Word by Word

• हताः: slain, killed
• हताः: कर्तृ (of the implied ‘are/lie’)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used predicatively)
• Root: √हन् (हन्ति) / हत-

• तिरश्चिराजयः: (a kind of creature/being) ‘tiraścīrājayaḥ’ (name of a class/species)
• तिरश्चिराजयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिरश्चिराजि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• निपिष्टासः: crushed, ground down
• निपिष्टासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √पिष् (पिनष्टि) / निपिष्ट-

• पृदाकवः: leopards/tigers (spotted beasts); ‘pṛdāku-s’
• पृदाकवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृदाकु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दर्विम्: ladle, spoon
• दर्विम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्वि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• करिक्रतम्: elephant-made/elephant-fashioned (lit. ‘made by/like an elephant’)
• करिक्रतम्: विशेषण (of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: करिक्रत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्वित्रम्: white spot; leucoderma/skin-whitening disease (vitiligo)
• श्वित्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वित्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दर्भेषु: in/among darbha-grasses
• दर्भेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• असितम्: black, dark
• असितम्: विशेषण (of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असित- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: strike! slay! destroy!
• जहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (जहाति/जहि) (imperative stem जहि)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi as in AV 10.4 anukramaṇī: not supplied in input; commonly Atharvan/Angiras attribution for such kṣudra-bhaiṣajya material)

Devata: Serpent/poison as the addressed hostile agent (rakṣas/ahi-viṣa complex)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV 10.4 commonly in anuṣṭubh—requires metrical verification per pada count)

Mantra Rasa

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