Atharva Veda 2.32.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 2

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि॒श्वरू॑पं चतुर॒क्षं क्रिमिं॑ सा॒रङ्ग॒मर्जु॑नम्। शृ॒णाम्य॑स्य पृ॒ष्टीरपि॑ वृश्चामि॒ यच्छिरः॑

IAST Transliteration

viśvárūpaṃ caturakṣáṃ krímiṃ sāráṅgam árjunam | śṛṇā́my asya pṛṣṭī́r ápi vṛścāmi yác chíraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The worm, all-formed, four-eyed, the speckled, the pale,—him I shatter: his ribs I break; yea, I cut away that head of his.

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Word by Word

• विश्व-रूपम्: all-formed, of every form
• विश्व-रूपम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• चतुर्-अक्षम्: four-eyed
• चतुर्-अक्षम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्-अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृमिम्: worm; parasite
• कृमिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सारङ्गम्: sāraṅga (a kind of deer / name used for a creature)
• सारङ्गम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna; ‘the white/bright one’ (name/epithet)
• अर्जुनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)

• शृणामि: I crush / I break
• शृणामि: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शॄ (शृणाति) / √शॄ (to break, crush, destroy)

• अस्य: of it; of this (creature)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृष्ठीः: backs; ridges (lit. ‘back-parts’)
• पृष्ठीः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; moreover
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• वृश्चामि: I cut off
• वृश्चामि: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्रश्च् (वृश्चति) / √वृश्च् (to cut off)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: कर्म (of वृश्चामि)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed generically within krimi-hymn corpora; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Krimi (the worm) as the addressed/target entity; the operative power is the Atharvanic brahman (spell-force).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; Atharvanic norm for practical charms).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira