Mantra 2

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस्येन्द्र कुमारस्य क्रिमीन् धनपते जहि । हता विश्वा अरातय उग्रेण वचसा मम

IAST Transliteration

asyéndra kumārásya krimī́n dhanapate jahi | hatā́ víśvā arā́taya ugréṇa vácasā máma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Indra, Lord of wealth, smite thou the Worms of this boy. Slain are all the malign harms by my fierce utterance.

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (address)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुमारस्य: of the boy/child
• कुमारस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृमीन्: worms (parasites)
• कृमीन्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• धनपते: O lord of wealth
• धनपते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (address)
• Root: धनपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: slay/strike down
• जहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) — लोट्

• हताः: (are) slain
• हताः: कर्तृ-विशेषण / विधेय (predicate)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, क्त)

• विश्वाः: all
• विश्वाः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरातयः: hostilities/enmities; hostile powers
• अरातयः: कर्तृ (of ‘हताः’ as predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रेण: with fierce
• उग्रेण: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वचसा: speech/utterance
• वचसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → मम

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Krimi hymn complex)

Devata: Indra (as krimi-slayer); secondarily the mantra-speech (vāc) as instrument

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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