Mantra 42
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सर्वास्याङ्गा पर्वा मूलानि वृश्चति
IAST Transliteration
sárvā́syā́ṅgā́ párvā́ mū́lāni vṛ́ścati
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
All his limbs, his joints, his very roots it heweth off.
Word by Word
सर्वाall, entire
सर्वा:
Kartā (समूह-कर्तृभावे विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this (one)
अस्य:
Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गाlimbs
अङ्गा:
Kartā (वृश्चति इत्यस्य कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वाjoints, knuckles
पर्वा:
Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्तृभावे)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मूलानिroots; base-parts
मूलानि:
Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्तृभावे)
TypeNoun
Rootमूल (प्रातिपदिक)
वृश्चतिcuts off, severs
वृश्चति:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृश्च् (धातु; ‘to cut, hew, sever’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input).
Devata: Punitive force (contextually Agni/kravyād continuing).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence, though transmitted accenting suggests Atharvanic metrical looseness.
Mantra Rasa
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