Mantra 25

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सहस्रकुणपा शेतामामित्री सेना समरे वधानाम्। विविद्धा ककजाकृता

IAST Transliteration

sahásra-kuṇapāḥ śetām āmitrī́ sénā samaré vadhā́nām | vivíddhāḥ kakajā́-kṛtāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the foeman’s host, in battle’s slaughter, lie a thousand-fold in carrion heaps—pierced through, made over to the carrion-eaters.

Translation

समर के वध में शत्रु की सेना हज़ारों कुṇपों (शव-ढेरों) में पड़ी रहे—बेधी हुई, काक-भक्षकों के लिए समर्पित कर दी गई।

Word by Word

• सहस्रकुणपाः: (they) having a thousand ‘kuṇapa’ (stinking corpses/putrid bodies); thousand-corpse(-like)
• सहस्रकुणपाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound) / Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-कुणप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• शेताम्: lying/prostrate (or: white)
• शेताम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (kṛdanta/nominal)
• Root: शी (धातु; ‘to lie, sleep’) → शय/शेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) / or श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) — पाठभेद-सन्देह

• अमित्र्याः: hostile; belonging to the enemy
• अमित्र्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित्र्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hostile, of the enemy’)

• सेनाः: armies
• सेनाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)

• वधानाम्: of slayings; of killings
• वधानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / कर्म-संबन्ध
• Type: Noun (action-noun) / verbal noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक; ‘slaying, killing’)

• विविद्धाः: pierced; wounded
• विविद्धाः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण) / कर्मणि-भावः
• Type: Participle (past passive) used adjectivally
• Root: व्यध् (धातु ‘to pierce’) → वि-विद्/विविद्ध (कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि)

• ककजाकृताः: made/caused as ‘kakajā’ (term obscure); rendered into a ‘kakajā’-state
• ककजाकृताः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण) / हेतु-निर्देश
• Type: Adjective (compound; PPP-based)
• Root: ककजा-कृत (समास; ककजा + कृत ‘made/caused’) — ककजा-शब्दार्थः अनिश्चितः (पाठ/व्याख्या-भेद)

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified from Śaunaka Anukramaṇī for 11.10

Devata: Imprecatory force; battle-death personified

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (appears shorter than full anuṣṭubh; confirm by pada syllable count)

Mantra Rasa

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