Mantra 3

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कूटयास्य सं शीर्यन्ते श्लोणया काटमर्दति । बण्डया दह्यन्ते गृहाः काणया दीयते स्वम्

IAST Transliteration

kūṭáyā́sya sáṃ śīryante śloṇáyā kāṭám ardati | baṇḍáyā dahyante gṛhā́ḥ kāṇáyā dīyate svám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By the hump-backed one his substance is shattered utterly; by the lame one the household couch is crushed. By the bald one houses are burned; by the one-eyed one his very own is yielded up and lost.

Word by Word

• कू॒टया॑: with a hammer/club (kūṭā)
• कू॒टया॑: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूट (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this (one/thing)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शी॑र्यन्ते: they crumble/are shattered
• शी॑र्यन्ते: कर्म-प्रधान (अकर्मक प्रयोग; कर्ता = ‘they’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शीॄ/शॄ (धातु; ‘to break, crumble, decay’)

• श्लो॒णया॑: with a lame/crippling (agent/thing)
• श्लो॒णया॑: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लोणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• का॒टम्: a bite/cut; (harmful) gnawing
• का॒टम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: काट (प्रातिपदिक)

• अ॑र्दति: crushes/afflicts
• अ॑र्दति: कर्तृ (कर्ता = implied agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्द् (धातु; ‘to press, crush, hurt’)

• ब॒ण्डया॑: with a (binding/strangling) band; with a noose/bond
• ब॒ण्डया॑: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: बण्डा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दह्यन्ते: they burn/are burnt
• दह्यन्ते: कर्म-प्रधान (कर्तृ = ‘they’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु; ‘to burn’)

• गृ॒हाः: houses
• गृ॒हाः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• का॒णया॑: with a one-eyed/defective (agent/thing)
• का॒णया॑: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: काणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दीयते॒: is given; is handed over
• दीयते॒: कर्म-प्रधान (कर्तृ = ‘it’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु; ‘to give’)

• स्वम्: one’s own (property); what is one’s own
• स्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (as typical for many AV domestic-apotropaic verses; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Apotropaic address to misfortune/hostile agents (alakṣmī-type personifications rather than a single deva)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV 12.4 largely uses anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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