Atharva Veda 5.23.4: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 4

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सरू॑पौ॒ द्वौ विरू॑पौ॒ द्वौ कृ॒ष्णौ द्वौ रोहि॑तौ॒ द्वौ। ब॒भ्रुश्च॑ ब॒भ्रुक॑र्णश्च॒ गृध्रः॒ कोक॑श्च॒ ते ह॒ताः

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.

Translation

Dwa o podobnej formie, dwa o niepodobnej formie; dwa czarne, dwa rudo-czerwone. Brązowy i brązowouchy, sęp i sowa - ci zostali zabici.

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Word by Word

• सरूपौ: two of the same form/appearance
• सरूपौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: द्वि (संख्या)

• विरूपौ: two of different/odd form
• विरूपौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: द्वि (संख्या)

• कृष्णौ: two black/dark ones
• कृष्णौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: द्वि (संख्या)

• रोहितौ: two red/reddish ones
• रोहितौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: द्वि (संख्या)

• बभ्रुः: the brown one
• बभ्रुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: बभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• बभ्रुकर्णः: the brown-eared one
• बभ्रुकर्णः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: बभ्रुकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; बभ्रु+कर्ण)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• गृध्रः: the vulture
• गृध्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• कोकः: the owl (koka)
• कोकः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• हताः: are slain/struck down
• हताः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Verbal Adjective)
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि/क्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Krimi (as the targeted hostile class)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: adbhuta