Mantra 3

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अमा कृत्वा पाप्मानं यस्तेनान्यं जिघांसति । अश्मानस्तस्यां दग्धायां बहुलाः फट् करिक्रति

IAST Transliteration

ámā kṛtvā́ pāpmā́naṃ yás ténā́nyáṃ jighā́ṃsati | áśmānas tasyā́ṃ dagdhā́yāṃ bahulā́ḥ pháṭ karikrati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who at home hath wrought the Evil, and therewith would fain slay another—when that witchwork is burnt, then many stones cry 'Phaṭ!' and shatter it with clamour.

Word by Word

• अमा: at home; in the house
• अमा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / अम् (धातु, ‘समीपे’ इत्यर्थे) (निरुक्त्यनुसार)

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• पाप्मानम्: evil; sin; harmfulness
• पाप्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: by/with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिघांसति: wishes/intends to kill
• जिघांसति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) (इच्छार्थे सन्-प्रत्ययः: जिघांस-)

• अश्मानः: stones
• अश्मानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गानि: limbs; body-parts
• अङ्गानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• दग्धायाम्: when (they are) burnt; in the burnt (state)
• दग्धायाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु) → दग्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• बहुलाः: many; abundant
• बहुलाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुल (प्रातिपदिक)

• फट्: phaṭ! (spell-exclamation for striking/repelling)
• फट्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: फट् (निपात/मन्त्र-बीज)

• करिक्रति: makes a rattling/crackling sound; clatters (as stones)
• करिक्रति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) (आवृत्त्यर्थे/ध्वन्यर्थे विशेष-प्रयोगः; ‘करि-’ इति ध्वन्यनुकरण/प्रत्यय-युक्त रूपम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic transmission (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Counter-forces: fire as purifier; stones as crushing agents; the mantra itself as weapon.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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