Mantra 4
Sukta 23
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सरूपौ द्वौ विरूपौ द्वौ कृष्णौ द्वौ रोहितौ द्वौ। बभ्रुश्च बभ्रुकर्णश्च गृध्रः कोकश्च ते हताः
IAST Transliteration
sarū́pau dváu virū́pau dváu kṛṣṇáu dváu róhitau dváu | babhrúś ca babhrúkarṇaś ca gṛ́dhraḥ kókaś ca té hatā́ḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Two of like form, two of unlike form; two black, two ruddy. The Brown one and the Brown-eared, the Vulture and the Owl—these are slain.
Word by Word
सरूपौtwo of the same form/appearance
सरूपौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
द्वौtwo
द्वौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootद्वि (संख्या)
विरूपौtwo of different/odd form
विरूपौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
द्वौtwo
द्वौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootद्वि (संख्या)
कृष्णौtwo black/dark ones
कृष्णौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
द्वौtwo
द्वौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootद्वि (संख्या)
रोहितौtwo red/reddish ones
रोहितौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootरोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
द्वौtwo
द्वौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootद्वि (संख्या)
बभ्रुःthe brown one
बभ्रुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootबभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
बभ्रुकर्णःthe brown-eared one
बभ्रुकर्णः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootबभ्रुकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; बभ्रु+कर्ण)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
गृध्रःthe vulture
गृध्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगृध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कोकःthe owl (koka)
कोकः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकोक (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
तेthey (those)
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
हताःare slain/struck down
हताः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Verbal Adjective)
Rootहन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि/क्त)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Krimi (as the targeted hostile class)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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