Atharva Veda 2.32.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 5

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ह॒तासो॑ अस्य वे॒शसो॑ ह॒तासः॒ परि॑वेशसः । अथो॒ ये क्षु॑ल्ल॒का इ॑व॒ सर्वे॒ ते क्रिम॑यो ह॒ताः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.32.5

IAST Transliteration

hatā́so asya veśáso hatā́saḥ pári-veśasaḥ | átho yé kṣúllakā́ iva sárve té krímayo hatā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Slain are his resident lodgers; slain are the encircling lodgers; yea, even those that are, as it were, but paltry—every one of those worms is slain.

Translation

Erschlagen sind seine einwohnenden Schmarotzer; erschlagen die ringsum hausenden. Ja, selbst die, die gleichsam nur klein und gering sind — all diese Würmer sind erschlagen.

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Word by Word

• हतासः: slain, destroyed
• हतासः: Kartā (वर्ण्य-विषय/उद्देश्य-समूह) अथवा विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हता (√हन् ‘to slay’ का क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘of this’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वेशसः: intruders/visitors (those who enter), assailants
• वेशसः: Kartā (विषय) — ‘वेशसः’ जिनके बारे में कहा जा रहा है
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हतासः: slain
• हतासः: विधेय-विशेषण (वेशसः के लिए)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हता (√हन्)

• परिवेशसः: those who surround/encircle; attendants/encirclers
• परिवेशसः: Kartā (समांतर विषय) — ‘परिवेशसः’
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवेशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: समुच्चय/अन्वय-सूचक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात-समुच्चय)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā (यः-सम्बन्ध) — ‘who(ever)’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षुल्लकाः: small, petty; insignificant ones
• क्षुल्लकाः: विधेय/विशेष्य (ये के लिए)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: क्षुल्लक (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as if
• इव: उपमान-सूचक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: समुच्चित-कर्तृ (समष्टि-वाचक) — ‘all’
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: those
• ते: Kartā/अनुवृत्ति-कर्ता — ‘those’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रिमयः: worms, vermin (disease-causing parasites)
• क्रिमयः: Kartā (मुख्य विषय) — ‘worms/vermin’
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• हताः: slain, destroyed
• हताः: विधेय-विशेषण (क्रिमयः के लिए)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हता (√हन्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (krimi-hymn seer as transmitted in the AV anukramaṇī; commonly attributed within Atharvan/Āṅgirasa circles)

Devata: Krimi-nāśana (the destructive power directed against the worms; implicitly the mantra’s own efficacy)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; typical of AV healing charms)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira