Mantra 8

Sukta 132

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क एषां कर्करी लिखत्

IAST Transliteration

ká eṣā́ṃ karkárī likhat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Who of these hath scraped (and fashioned) the karkarī?

Word by Word

• कः: who?
• कः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → क-

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• कर्करी: (a ‘karkarī’) a scraping/rasping instrument; a kind of grater/comb-like tool
• कर्करी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्करी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग)

• लिखत्: scrapes/scratches (writes)
• लिखत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिख् (धातु) ‘to scratch, scrape, write’

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt.

Devata: Interrogative/diagnostic speech; implicitly the force behind ominous sound

Chandas: Uncertain from single pāda excerpt.

Mantra Rasa

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