Mantra 12
Sukta 23
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
हतासो अस्य वेशसो हतासः परिवेशसः । अथो ये क्षुल्लका इव सर्वे ते क्रिमयो हताः
IAST Transliteration
hatā́so asya veśáso hatā́saḥ pári-veśasaḥ | átho yé kṣúllakā iva sárve té krímayo hatā́ḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Slain are its lodged-in dwellers, slain are they that dwell around about; yea, even those that are, as it were, the petty ones—all those worms are slain.
Word by Word
ह॒तासःslain, killed
ह॒तासः:
Kartā (वर्ण्य-विषय/उद्देश्य-समूह का विधेय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootह॒त (√हन् ‘to slay’ का क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; प्रातिपदिक: हत)
अस्यof this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of this’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वेशसःdwellers/inhabitants (of the lair)
वेशसः:
Kartā (हतासः का विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवेशस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वेश/आवास/आश्रय’)
ह॒तासःslain
ह॒तासः:
Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootह॒त (√हन्; क्तान्त)
परिवेशसःthose in the surrounding lairs/encircling dwellers
परिवेशसः:
Kartā (हतासः का विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपरि-वेशस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चारों ओर का वेश/आवास, परितः आश्रय’)
अथोand also
अथो:
समुच्चय/अन्वय (connector: ‘and also/then also’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)
येwho/which (those who)
ये:
Kartā (सापेक्ष-सम्बन्ध: ‘those who’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्षुल्लकाःthe small ones, petty ones
क्षुल्लकाः:
Kartā (ये का विशेष्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootक्षुल्लक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘छोटा/तुच्छ’)
इवlike, as if
इव:
उपमान (simile-marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Kartā (समष्टि-निर्देश)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā (अनुवाद/अनुस्मरण: ‘they’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्रिमयःworms, parasites
क्रिमयः:
Kartā (ते का विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रिमि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worm, germ’)
ह॒ताःslain, destroyed
ह॒ताः:
Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण; ‘are slain’)
TypeAdjective
Rootह॒त (√हन्; क्तान्त)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Krimi
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Mantra Rasa
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