Mantra 2

Sukta 138

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्लीबं कृध्योपशिनमथो कुरीरिणं कृधि । अथास्येन्द्रो ग्रावभ्यामुभे भिनत्त्वाण्ड्यौऽ

IAST Transliteration

klī́baṃ kṛ́dhy upaśínaṃ átho kurīríṇaṃ kṛdhi | áthā́syéndro grā́vabhyām ubhé bhinattv āṇḍyàu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Make him impotent, the stealthy prowler; yea, make the kūrīra-bearing fellow impotent. Then let Indra, with the two pressing-stones, cleave for him both testicles asunder.

Translation

তাক ক্লীব (অক্ষম) কৰি দে—গোপনে ঘূৰি ফুৰা সেই উপশিনক; আৰু কুৰীৰিণ (কূরীর-ধাৰী) জনকো ক্লীব কৰি দে। তাৰ পাছত ইন্দ্ৰে দুটা গ্ৰাৱ (সোম-পেষণ-পাথৰ) লৈ তাৰ দুটা অণ্ড্যৌ (বীজকোষ) ফালি দিওক।

Word by Word

• क्लीबम्: impotent, emasculated (one)
• क्लीबम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: क्लीब (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृधि: make!
• कृधि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• उपशिनम्: a eunuch/effeminate person (lit. ‘one who lies near/servile’)
• उपशिनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: उपशिन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also; moreover
• अथो: (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अव्यय)

• कुरीरिणम्: one with ‘kūrīra’ (a kind of head/crest/lock); i.e., a marked/effeminate fellow
• कुरीरिणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कुरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृधि: make!
• कृधि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• अथ: then
• अथ: (सम्बन्ध/अनन्तर्य)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• अस्य: of him/this (person)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्रावभ्याम्: with two pressing-stones
• ग्रावभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उभे: both (two)
• उभे: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भिनत्तु: let (him) split/break
• भिनत्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)

• अण्ड्यौ: the two testicles
• अण्ड्यौ: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड्य (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-रूप)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (as typical for abhicāra hymns in AVŚ 6)

Devata: Indra (as enforcer of the curse); the act itself (impotence) as operative power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AVŚ 6 commonly uses anuṣṭubh in short abhicāra verses)

Mantra Rasa

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