Mantra 7
Sukta 23
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
येवाषासः कष्कषास एजत्काः शिपवित्नुकाः । दृष्टांश्च हन्यतां क्रिमिरुतादृष्टश्च हन्यताम्
IAST Transliteration
yévāṣāsaḥ káṣkaṣāsa ejátkāḥ śipavitnukā́ḥ | dṛṣṭā́ṃś ca hányatāṃ krimír utā́dṛṣṭaś ca hanyatām ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The yevāṣa-worms, the kaṣkaṣa-worms, the wrigglers, the śipavitnuka—let the seen worm be slain, and let the unseen also be slain.
Word by Word
येwho/which (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika) → य-
वाor / indeed (emphatic/alternative)
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (avyaya) विकल्पार्थक
आषासःthe ‘āṣā’ beings (name of a class of pests/creatures)
आषासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआशा (स्त्री) / āśā- (prātipadika)
कष्कषासःkaskasa-creatures (a kind of worm/vermin)
कष्कषासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकष्कष (prātipadika; कीट/कृमि-विशेषः)
एजत्काःtrembling/moving
एजत्काः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootएजत्क (kṛdanta from √एज् ‘to move, tremble’)
शिपवित्नुकाःśipavitnuka-creatures (a kind of vermin)
शिपवित्नुकाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशिपवित्नु-क (prātipadika; कीट-विशेषः)
दृष्टान्seen/visible (ones)
दृष्टान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदृष्ट (ppp of √दृश् ‘to see’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (avyaya) समुच्चयार्थक
हन्यताम्let (them) be slain
हन्यताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (to strike, kill)
क्रिमिःthe worm/vermin
क्रिमिः:
Kartā (of passive: the one to be acted upon; semantic patient) / or apposition to the class named
TypeNoun
Rootकृमि (prātipadika)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (avyaya) समुच्चय/अधिक्यार्थक
अदृष्टःunseen/invisible
अदृष्टः:
Kartā (of passive: semantic patient) / apposition
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-दृष्ट (neg. ppp of √दृश्)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (avyaya)
हन्यताम्let (it/them) be slain
हन्यताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हन्
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Krimi-nāśana (commanded destruction; implicitly supported by divine order)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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