Mantra 7

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रतिघ्नानाश्रुमुखी कृधुकर्णी च क्रोशतु । विकेशी पुरुषे हते रदिते अर्बुदे तव

IAST Transliteration

pratighnānā́śru-mukhī́ kṛ́dhu-karṇī́ ca krośatu | vi-kéśī púruṣe haté radité arbude táva

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the smiting woman, tear-faced, and the harsh-eared one cry aloud; let the dishevelled-haired (wife) wail when the man is slain—this lamentation, O Arbudi, is of thy making.

Word by Word

• प्रतिघ्नानाः: striking back; retaliating (women)
• प्रतिघ्नानाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिघ्नान (प्रति-√हन्/घ्ना-; प्रातिपदिक) अथवा √हन्-आन (कृदन्त)

• अश्रुमुखी: tear-faced; with a tearful face
• अश्रुमुखी: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रु-मुखी (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृधुकर्णी: having ‘kṛdhu’ ears; rough/odd-eared
• कृधुकर्णी: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृधु-कर्णी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कृधु’ = विकृत/कठोर/कृधु- प्रकार + कर्णी)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• क्रोशतु: let the two cry out/wail
• क्रोशतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रुश् (क्रोशति)

• विकेशी: with dishevelled hair
• विकेशी: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-केशी (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुषे: in/at the man
• पुरुषे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• हते: when (the man) is slain; in the slain (man)
• हते: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √हन् (हत-; कृदन्त/भूतकृदन्त) अथवा ‘हत’ (प्रातिपदिक)

• रदिते: in (him) lamented/being cried over
• रदिते: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √रद्/√रुद् (रदित-; कृदन्त ‘wept/crying’)

• अर्बुदे: in the swelling/tumour; in the mass (arbuda)
• अर्बुदे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)

• तव: of you; your
• तव: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa attribution (Anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Arbudi (as war-power causing enemy lament).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (shorter, curse-style cadence).

Mantra Rasa

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