Mantra 10
Sukta 132
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदीयं हनत्कथं हनत्
IAST Transliteration
yádi iyáṃ hanát káthaṃ hanat
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
If this one smote—how, in what wise, did she smite?
Translation
இவளே அடித்திருந்தால்—எப்படி, எந்த முறையில் அவள் அடித்தாள்?
Word by Word
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyad- (यद्)
इयम्this (woman/this one)
इयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootidam- (इदम्)
हनत्struck/killed
हनत्:
(क्रियापद) —
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (हन्) ‘to strike/kill’
कथम्how?
कथम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (कथम्)
हनत्struck/killed
हनत्:
(क्रियापद) —
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (हन्) ‘to strike/kill’
Attribution
Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt.
Devata: Interrogative/causal inquiry; personified agency behind the striking
Chandas: Uncertain from single pāda excerpt.
Mantra Rasa
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