Mantra 2

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विश्वरूपं चतुरक्षं क्रिमिं सारङ्गमर्जुनम्। शृणाम्यस्य पृष्टीरपि वृश्चामि यच्छिरः

IAST Transliteration

viśvárūpaṃ caturakṣáṃ krímiṃ sāráṅgam árjunam | śṛṇā́my asya pṛṣṭī́r ápi vṛścāmi yác chíraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The worm, all-formed, four-eyed, the speckled, the pale,—him I shatter: his ribs I break; yea, I cut away that head of his.

Word by Word

विश्व-रूपम्all-formed, of every form

चतुर्-अक्षम्four-eyed

कृमिम्worm; parasite

सारङ्गम्sāraṅga (a kind of deer / name used for a creature)

अर्जुनम्Arjuna; ‘the white/bright one’ (name/epithet)

शृणामिI crush / I break

अस्यof it; of this (creature)

पृष्ठीःbacks; ridges (lit. ‘back-parts’)

अपिalso; moreover

वृश्चामिI cut off

यत्that which

शिरःhead

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed generically within krimi-hymn corpora; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Krimi (the worm) as the addressed/target entity; the operative power is the Atharvanic brahman (spell-force).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; Atharvanic norm for practical charms).

Mantra Rasa

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