Mantra 23

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये वर्मिणो येऽवर्माणो अमित्रा ये च वर्मिणः । सर्वांस्तां अर्बुदे हतांछ्वानोऽदन्तु भूम्याम्

IAST Transliteration

yé varmíṇo yé’varmā́ṇo amítrā yé ca varmíṇaḥ | sárvāṁs tā́n arbúde hatā́n chvā́no’dantu bhū́myām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whether mail-clad or mail-less, the foemen, yea, the armoured also—let dogs devour them, all of them, when slain, in the crushing arbuda, upon the ground.

Translation

যি অমিত্ৰসকল বর্মধাৰী, যি বর্মহীন, আৰু যিসকল বর্মিণো—তেওঁলোক সকলোকে অৰ্বুদে হত কৰক; ভূমিত পৰি থকা সেই হতসকলক কুকুৰে খাই পেলাওক।

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• वर्मिणः: armored; wearing armor
• वर्मिणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वर्मन् ‘armor’ + इन्) → वर्मिन्-

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• अ-वर्माणः: unarmored; without armor
• अ-वर्माणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) → वर्मन्- (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) + नञ्-समास (अ-)

• अमित्राः: enemies
• अमित्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र (प्रातिपदिक) → अमित्र-

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

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

• वर्मिणः: armored
• वर्मिणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक) → वर्मिन्-

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) → सर्व-

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• अर्बुदे: in/at the Arbuda (place-name; lit. ‘tumor/mass’)
• अर्बुदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक) → अर्बुद-

• हतान्: slain; killed
• हतान्: Karma
• Type: Participle (Adjective) from verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/क्त) + -आन्

• श्वानः: dogs
• श्वानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) → श्वन्-

• अदन्तु: let (them) eat/devour
• अदन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अद् (धातु ‘to eat’)

• भूम्याम्: on/in the earth
• भूम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) → भूमि-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed in AV ancillary tradition for battle-charms; exact r̥ṣi to be verified from Śaunaka Anukramaṇī for 11.10)

Devata: Imprecatory force; indirectly the scavengers (dogs) and the destructive ‘arbuda’ as personified calamity

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed by metrical count in pada form)

Mantra Rasa

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