Mantra 5

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पैद्वो हन्ति कसर्णीलं पैद्वः श्वित्रमुतासितम्। पैद्वो रथर्व्याः शिरः सं बिभेद पृदाक्वाः

IAST Transliteration

paídvaḥ hánti kasarṇī́laṃ paídvaḥ śvitrám utā́sitám | paídvo ratharvyā́ḥ śíraḥ sáṃ bíbheda pṛdā́kvāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Paedva smites the Kasarṇīla; Paedva smites the white-spotted and the black. Paedva, the Speckled One, hath utterly cloven the head of Ratharvī.

Word by Word

पैद्वःPaedva (a person/being named Paedva)

हन्तिstrikes/kills/destroys

कसर्णीलम्kasarṇīla (a disease/blemish; dark/spotty affliction)

पैद्वःPaedva

श्वित्रम्white leprosy/white skin-disease (vitiligo-like)

उतand/also

असितम्the black (one); dark discoloration

पैद्वःPaedva

रथर्व्याःof the ratharvī (a female being/creature; lit. ‘chariot(-like) one’)

शिरःhead

सम्together; completely

बिभेदsplit/broke asunder

पृदाक्वाःthe pṛdāku (a speckled serpent)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt).

Devata: Paedva (invoked efficacious figure) as healing/slaying power; adversaries are disease-forms and Ratharvī.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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