Atharva Veda 2.31.1: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 1

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्रिमिजम्भनम्। इन्द्र॑स्य॒ या म॒ही दृ॒षत् क्रिमे॒र्विश्व॑स्य॒ तर्ह॑णी । तया॑ पिनष्मि॒ सं क्रिमी॑न् दृ॒षदा॒ खल्वाँ॑ इव

IAST Transliteration

krimijámbhanam | índrasya yā mahī́ dṛṣát krimér víśvasya tárhaṇī́ | táyā pinaṣmi sáṃ krimī́n dṛṣádā khálvāṃ iva

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Worm-crushing. That mighty Indra’s press-stone which is the vanquisher of every worm—therewith I pound the worms all together, as (one pounds) in a mortar with the grinding-stone.

Translation

【虫を砕く呪】インドラのあの偉大なる圧石、堅き磨石は、あらゆる虫を打ち倒すもの。その力をもって、われは諸々の虫をことごとく打ち砕く。臼にて磨石で搗くがごとく。

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Word by Word

• क्रिमि-जम्भनम्: worm-destroyer (a vermifuge/charm)
• क्रिमि-जम्भनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिमिजम्भन (प्रातिपदिक; क्रिमि + जम्भन)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• या: which (she/that)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great, mighty
• मही: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक; adj./noun)

• दृषत्: (the) stone; stone(-weapon)
• दृषत्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृषद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रिमेः: of the worm
• क्रिमेः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वस्य: of all, of the whole
• विश्वस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तर्हणी: overcomer, vanquisher
• तर्हणी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तर्हणी (प्रातिपदिक; from √तॄ/तॄ् ‘to overcome/cross’)

• तया: with that (female/that means)
• तया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिनष्मि: I crush/pound
• पिनष्मि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पिष् (पिनष्टि) ‘to crush, pound’

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• क्रिमीन्: worms
• क्रिमीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दृषदा: with a stone
• दृषदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृषद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• खल्वान्: mortars (pounding-troughs)
• खल्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खल्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mortar, trough’)

• इव: like, as if
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras rubric for bhaiṣajya charms; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Indra (as smiter; with the dṛṣad as his empowered instrument).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in Atharvan healing verses; often treated as anuṣṭubh in practical recitation).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra