Mantra 68

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कृत्रिमः कण्टकः शतदन् य एषः । अपास्याः केश्यं मलमप शीर्षण्यं लिखात्

IAST Transliteration

kṛtrímaḥ kaṇṭákaḥ śatá-dan yá eṣáḥ | apāsyā́ḥ keśyáṃ málam ápa śīrṣaṇyáṃ likhā́t ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This fashioned thorn, this hundred-toothed point—let it scrape away, cast off, the hair-born filth, the head’s impurity.

Word by Word

• कृत्रिमः: artificial, made (by art)
• कृत्रिमः: विशेषण (कर्तृ/विषय-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्रिम (प्रातिपदिक; कृत्रिम < कृ ‘to make’ से व्युत्पन्न)

• कण्टकः: thorn; prickle
• कण्टकः: कर्तृ/विषय (उक्त वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतदन्: hundred-toothed; having many teeth/spikes
• शतदन्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (Bahuvrīhi/Tatpuruṣa-like compound used adjectivally)
• Root: शतदन् (प्रातिपदिक; शत + दन् ‘tooth’)

• यः: who/which
• यः: सम्बन्ध/अन्वय (यः… सः… प्रकार का सम्बन्ध; यहाँ ‘एषः’ से सहसंबन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: विषय/कर्तृ (निर्देश)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपास्याः: to be removed; removable
• अपास्याः: विधेय-विशेषण (कर्तव्यता/भाव्य)
• Type: Kṛdanta (gerundive; to be removed/avoided)
• Root: अप + अस् (धातु ‘अस्’ = to be; उपसर्ग ‘अप’), रूप: अपास्य (gerundive/भाव्य)

• केश्यं: hairy; pertaining to hair
• केश्यं: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केश्य (प्रातिपदिक; केश ‘hair’ से)

• मलम्: dirt, impurity, filth
• मलम्: कर्म (जिसे हटाया/खुरचा जाए)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away, off
• अप: क्रिया-विशेषक (दूर/हटा कर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (निपात/उपसर्ग-प्रयोग)

• शीर्षण्यं: of/at the head; belonging to the head
• शीर्षण्यं: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीर्षण्य (प्रातिपदिक; शीर्षन् ‘head’ से)

• लिखात्: let him/her scrape off; scrape away
• लिखात्: क्रिया (आदेश: कर्म ‘मलम्’ को हटाने हेतु)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिख् (धातु; ‘to scrape, scratch, write’)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic domestic ritual seers (AV 14.2 is transmitted in strīkarman/marriage complex; exact r̥ṣi assignment varies in ancillary lists).

Devata: Apotropaic purification (instrumental agency; mala as the adversary).

Chandas: Mixed/irregular domestic-ritual verse (often treated as anuṣṭubh-like in practical recitation).

Mantra Rasa

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