Mantra 4

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हतो राजा क्रिमीणामुतैषां स्थपतिर्हतः । हतो हतमाता क्रिमिर्हतभ्राता हतस्वसा

IAST Transliteration

ható rājā́ krimī́ṇām utáiṣā́ṃ sthápatiḥ hatáḥ | ható hatámātā́ krimír hatábhrā́tā hatásvasā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Slain is the King of the worms, and slain their very House-lord. Slain is the worm—its mother slain, its brother slain, its sister slain.

Word by Word

• ह॒तः: slain, killed
• ह॒तः: विशेषण (कर्तृपद ‘राजा’ का)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (√हन्)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रिमीणाम्: of the worms
• क्रिमीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (राजा का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and, also
• उत: समुच्चय/अन्वय (and/also)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: सम्बन्ध (स्थपतिः का)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थपतिः: overseer, chief, master
• स्थपतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• हतः: slain
• हतः: विशेषण (कर्तृपद ‘स्थपतिः’ का)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (√हन्)

• हतः: slain
• हतः: (अनुवृत्त) विशेषण/विधेय
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (√हन्)

• हतमाता: whose mother is slain
• हतमाता: विशेषण (कर्तृपद ‘क्रिमिः’ का)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत- (√हन्) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रिमिः: worm
• क्रिमिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• हतभ्राता: whose brother is slain
• हतभ्राता: विशेषण (कर्तृपद ‘क्रिमिः’ का)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत- (√हन्) + भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• हतस्वसा: whose sister is slain
• हतस्वसा: विशेषण (कर्तृपद ‘क्रिमिः’ का)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत- (√हन्) + स्वसृ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for krimi-hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Krimi-nāśana (the destructive power directed against krimi; implicitly supported by Atharvanic healing force rather than a single high deity).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by pada count in recension-specific metrical analysis).

Mantra Rasa

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