Mantra 10

Sukta 132

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदीयं हनत्कथं हनत्

IAST Transliteration

yádi iyáṃ hanát káthaṃ hanat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If this one smote—how, in what wise, did she smite?

Translation

Si c’est celle-ci (elle) qui a frappé — comment a-t-elle frappé, de quelle manière a-t-elle frappé ?

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad- (यद्)

• इयम्: this (woman/this one)
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam- (इदम्)

• हनत्: struck/killed
• हनत्: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हन्) ‘to strike/kill’

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (कथम्)

• हनत्: struck/killed
• हनत्: (क्रियापद) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हन्) ‘to strike/kill’

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt.

Devata: Interrogative/causal inquiry; personified agency behind the striking

Chandas: Uncertain from single pāda excerpt.

Mantra Rasa

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