Mantra 2

Sukta 138

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्लीबं कृध्योपशिनमथो कुरीरिणं कृधि । अथास्येन्द्रो ग्रावभ्यामुभे भिनत्त्वाण्ड्यौऽ

IAST Transliteration

klī́baṃ kṛ́dhy upaśínaṃ átho kurīríṇaṃ kṛdhi | áthā́syéndro grā́vabhyām ubhé bhinattv āṇḍyàu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Make him impotent, the stealthy prowler; yea, make the kūrīra-bearing fellow impotent. Then let Indra, with the two pressing-stones, cleave for him both testicles asunder.

Translation

Hãy làm hắn bất lực—kẻ rình rập lén lút ấy; vâng, hãy làm kẻ mang kūrīra (คูรีระ) cũng bất lực. Rồi nguyện Indra, với hai hòn đá ép (pressing‑stones), bổ đôi cả hai tinh hoàn của hắn ra.

Word by Word

क्लीबम्impotent, emasculated (one)

कृधिmake!

उपशिनम्a eunuch/effeminate person (lit. ‘one who lies near/servile’)

अथोand also; moreover

कुरीरिणम्one with ‘kūrīra’ (a kind of head/crest/lock); i.e., a marked/effeminate fellow

कृधिmake!

अथthen

अस्यof him/this (person)

इन्द्रःIndra

ग्रावभ्याम्with two pressing-stones

उभेboth (two)

भिनत्तुlet (him) split/break

अण्ड्यौthe two testicles

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (as typical for abhicāra hymns in AVŚ 6)

Devata: Indra (as enforcer of the curse); the act itself (impotence) as operative power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AVŚ 6 commonly uses anuṣṭubh in short abhicāra verses)

Mantra Rasa

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