Mantra 3

Sukta 132

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कर्करिको निखातकः

IAST Transliteration

karkarikáḥ níkhātakaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The karkarika—(as) the thing to be buried.

Word by Word

• कर्करिकः: the ‘karkarika’ (a rattling/creaking creature; commonly taken as a cricket/grasshopper-like insect)
• कर्करिकः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्करिक (प्रातिपदिक) < कर्कर (अनुकरण/ध्वन्यात्मक-शब्द) + इक (तद्धित)

• निखातकः: the digger; one who digs (burrows)
• निखातकः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent) / Adjective
• Root: नि-√खन् (खन् ‘खानने’) + क (कृदन्त-प्रत्ययः; कर्तरि)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (khila material)

Devata: Functional: earth-sealing/binding force

Chandas: Formulaic; meter not determinable

Mantra Rasa

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