Mantra 23

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये वर्मिणो येऽवर्माणो अमित्रा ये च वर्मिणः । सर्वांस्तां अर्बुदे हतांछ्वानोऽदन्तु भूम्याम्

IAST Transliteration

yé varmíṇo yé’varmā́ṇo amítrā yé ca varmíṇaḥ | sárvāṁs tā́n arbúde hatā́n chvā́no’dantu bhū́myām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whether mail-clad or mail-less, the foemen, yea, the armoured also—let dogs devour them, all of them, when slain, in the crushing arbuda, upon the ground.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• वर्मिणः: armored; wearing armor
• वर्मिणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वर्मन् ‘armor’ + इन्) → वर्मिन्-

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• अ-वर्माणः: unarmored; without armor
• अ-वर्माणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) → वर्मन्- (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) + नञ्-समास (अ-)

• अमित्राः: enemies
• अमित्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र (प्रातिपदिक) → अमित्र-

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वर्मिणः: armored
• वर्मिणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक) → वर्मिन्-

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) → सर्व-

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• अर्बुदे: in/at the Arbuda (place-name; lit. ‘tumor/mass’)
• अर्बुदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक) → अर्बुद-

• हतान्: slain; killed
• हतान्: Karma
• Type: Participle (Adjective) from verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/क्त) + -आन्

• श्वानः: dogs
• श्वानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) → श्वन्-

• अदन्तु: let (them) eat/devour
• अदन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अद् (धातु ‘to eat’)

• भूम्याम्: on/in the earth
• भूम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) → भूमि-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed in AV ancillary tradition for battle-charms; exact r̥ṣi to be verified from Śaunaka Anukramaṇī for 11.10)

Devata: Imprecatory force; indirectly the scavengers (dogs) and the destructive ‘arbuda’ as personified calamity

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed by metrical count in pada form)

Mantra Rasa

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