Mantra 25

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सहस्रकुणपा शेतामामित्री सेना समरे वधानाम्। विविद्धा ककजाकृता

IAST Transliteration

sahásra-kuṇapāḥ śetām āmitrī́ sénā samaré vadhā́nām | vivíddhāḥ kakajā́-kṛtāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the foeman’s host, in battle’s slaughter, lie a thousand-fold in carrion heaps—pierced through, made over to the carrion-eaters.

Translation

Nguyện cho đạo quân của kẻ thù, giữa cuộc tàn sát nơi chiến địa, phải nằm chất chồng thành ngàn đống xác—bị đâm xuyên, bị phó mặc cho loài ăn xác.

Word by Word

• सहस्रकुणपाः: (they) having a thousand ‘kuṇapa’ (stinking corpses/putrid bodies); thousand-corpse(-like)
• सहस्रकुणपाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound) / Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-कुणप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• शेताम्: lying/prostrate (or: white)
• शेताम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (kṛdanta/nominal)
• Root: शी (धातु; ‘to lie, sleep’) → शय/शेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) / or श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) — पाठभेद-सन्देह

• अमित्र्याः: hostile; belonging to the enemy
• अमित्र्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित्र्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hostile, of the enemy’)

• सेनाः: armies
• सेनाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)

• वधानाम्: of slayings; of killings
• वधानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / कर्म-संबन्ध
• Type: Noun (action-noun) / verbal noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक; ‘slaying, killing’)

• विविद्धाः: pierced; wounded
• विविद्धाः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण) / कर्मणि-भावः
• Type: Participle (past passive) used adjectivally
• Root: व्यध् (धातु ‘to pierce’) → वि-विद्/विविद्ध (कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि)

• ककजाकृताः: made/caused as ‘kakajā’ (term obscure); rendered into a ‘kakajā’-state
• ककजाकृताः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण) / हेतु-निर्देश
• Type: Adjective (compound; PPP-based)
• Root: ककजा-कृत (समास; ककजा + कृत ‘made/caused’) — ककजा-शब्दार्थः अनिश्चितः (पाठ/व्याख्या-भेद)

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified from Śaunaka Anukramaṇī for 11.10

Devata: Imprecatory force; battle-death personified

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (appears shorter than full anuṣṭubh; confirm by pada syllable count)

Mantra Rasa

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