Atharva Veda 2.31.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 5

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये क्रिम॑यः॒ पर्व॑तेशु॒ वने॒ष्वोष॑धीषु प॒शुष्व॒प्स्व॑१न्तः । ये अ॒स्माकं॑ त॒न्वऽमाविवि॒शुः सर्वं॒ तद्ध॑न्मि॒ जनि॑म॒ क्रिमी॑णाम्

IAST Transliteration

yé krímayaḥ párvateṣu vanéṣv óṣadhīṣu paśúṣv apsv àntaḥ | yé asmā́kaṃ tanvàm ám āvivíśuḥ sárvaṃ tád hanmi jánima krímīṇām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What worms there be in mountains, in the forests, in the herbs, in cattle, in the waters—within; and what have entered into our body: all that do I smite, even the birth and breed of the worms.

Translation

పర్వతాలలో, అరణ్యాలలో, ఔషధులలో, పశువులలో, జలాలలో—లోపల—ఏ క్రిములు ఉన్నయో; మరియు మా తనువులో ప్రవేశించినవేమైతే ఉన్నయో—ఆ క్రిముల జన్మమును, జాతిని సహా, ఆ సమస్తమును నేను సంహరిస్తున్నాను.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-stem ya-)

• क्रिमयः: worms, parasites
• क्रिमयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्वतेषु: on/in the mountains
• पर्वतेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• वनेषु: in forests
• वनेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधीषु: in herbs/medicinal plants
• ओषधीषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पशुषु: among animals
• पशुषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक; pluralia tantum)

• अन्तः: within, inside
• अन्तः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तर्/अन्तः (अव्यय)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-stem ya-)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-stem)

• तन्वम्: body
• तन्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• आमाविविशुः: have entered into the raw/uncooked (flesh)
• आमाविविशुः: Kriyā (entered) / Kartā=ये (क्रिमयः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-विश् (धातु: विश् ‘to enter’) + आमा (प्रातिपदिक) + (समास/उपपद)

• सर्वम्: all, the whole
• सर्वम्: Karma (object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-stem)

• हन्मि: I strike/kill
• हन्मि: Kriyā (I slay) / Kartā=अहम् (implicit)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• जनिम: birth, origin
• जनिम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनि (प्रातिपदिक; from √जन् ‘to be born’)

• क्रिमीणाम्: of the worms
• क्रिमीणाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिमि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages for bhaiṣajya hymns; exact r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Krimi (as the adversary) and the Atharvanic killing-power of the mantra (han-śakti); implicitly supported by healing potency of oṣadhi.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent accentuation and pāda division; often treated as a longer meter rather than strict anuṣṭubh).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra