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.

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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