Mantra 42

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वास्याङ्गा पर्वा मूलानि वृश्चति

IAST Transliteration

sárvā́syā́ṅgā́ párvā́ mū́lāni vṛ́ścati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All his limbs, his joints, his very roots it heweth off.

Translation

Nó chặt đứt mọi chi thể của hắn, mọi khớp nối, cho đến tận gốc rễ.

Word by Word

• सर्वा: all, entire
• सर्वा: Kartā (समूह-कर्तृभावे विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गा: limbs
• अङ्गा: Kartā (वृश्चति इत्यस्य कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्वा: joints, knuckles
• पर्वा: Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्तृभावे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूलानि: roots; base-parts
• मूलानि: Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्तृभावे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृश्चति: cuts off, severs
• वृश्चति: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृश्च् (धातु; ‘to cut, hew, sever’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input).

Devata: Punitive force (contextually Agni/kravyād continuing).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence, though transmitted accenting suggests Atharvanic metrical looseness.

Mantra Rasa

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