Mantra 9

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रिशीर्षाणं त्रिककुदं क्रिमिं सारङ्गमर्जुनम्। शृणाम्यस्य पृष्टीरपि वृश्चामि यच्छिरः

IAST Transliteration

triśīrṣā́ṇaṃ trikakúdaṃ krimíṃ sāráṅgam árjunam | śṛṇā́my asya pṛṣṭī́r ápi vṛścāmi yác chíraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The three-headed, three-humped worm, the spotted, the bright—him I shatter: his ribs I break; yea, I cut away that head of his.

Translation

மூன்று தலைகளும், மூன்று குன்றுகளும் உடைய கிருமி—புள்ளியுடைய (ஸாரங்க), ஒளிரும் (அர்ஜுன)—அவனை நான் நொறுக்குகிறேன். அவன் விலா எலும்புகளை உடைக்கிறேன்; அவன் அந்தத் தலையையும் வெட்டித் தள்ளுகிறேன்.

Word by Word

त्रिशीर्षाणम्three-headed (one)

त्रिककुदम्three-humped / having three protuberances

क्रिमिम्the worm (parasite)

सारङ्गम्the ‘sāraṅga’ (spotted/deer-like one; epithet/name)

अर्जुनम्the ‘arjuna’ (white/bright one; epithet/name)

शृणामिI crush / I destroy

अस्यof this (one), his/its

पृष्टीःbacks / ridges (lit. ‘back-parts’)

अपिalso; moreover

वृश्चामिI cut off

यत्that which

शिरःhead

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Krimi-nāśana (destructive agency; disease-personification as target)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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