Mantra 10

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथो सर्वं श्वापदं मक्षिका तृप्यतु क्रिमिः । पौरुषेयेऽधि कुणपे रदिते अर्बुदे तव

IAST Transliteration

átho sárvaṃ śvā́padaṃ mákṣikā tṛ́pyatu krímíḥ | paúruṣeye ’dhí kúṇape radité arbúde táva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

And further, let every beast of prey, the fly, let the worm be sated upon the human carcass—O Raditā, O Arbuda—under thy power.

Translation

Lại nữa, nguyện cho mọi loài thú săn mồi, cho ruồi, cho sâu bọ được no thỏa trên xác người, hỡi Raditā, hỡi Arbuda, dưới quyền năng của ngươi.

Word by Word

• अथो: and then; moreover
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (निपात; अथ + उ)

• सर्वम्: all; everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (समष्टि-वस्तु, ‘all’ as object with तृप्यतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-शब्द)

• श्वापदम्: wild beast; predatory animal
• श्वापदम्: Karma (with तृप्यतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वापद (प्रातिपदिक; श्वन्/श्वा + पद)

• मक्षिका: the fly
• मक्षिका: Kartā (with तृप्यतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मक्षिका (प्रातिपदिक)

• तृप्यतु: let (it) be satisfied; let (it) feed
• तृप्यतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)

• क्रिमिः: the worm; maggot
• क्रिमिः: Kartā (with तृप्यतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पौरुषेये: in the human (body); belonging to a man
• पौरुषेये: Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in/at the human [body]’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौरुषेय (प्रातिपदिक; पुरुष + ष्यञ्)

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (with सप्तमी: ‘upon/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• कुणपे: on the carcass; on the corpse
• कुणपे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुणप (प्रातिपदिक)

• रदिते: in the gnawed (part); where it is bitten/gnawed
• रदिते: Adhikaraṇa (qualifying the locus: ‘in/at the gnawed [place]’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रदित (कृदन्त; √रद् ‘to gnaw/bite’ + क्त)

• अर्बुदे: in the swelling/tumor; in the boil
• अर्बुदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)

• तव: of you; your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here).

Devata: Raditā and Arbuda; devouring/decay forces as instruments.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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