Mantra 3

Sukta 138

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्लीब क्लीबं त्वाकरं वध्रे वध्रिं त्वाकरमरसारसं त्वाकरम्। कुरीरमस्य शीर्षणि कुम्बं चाधिनिदध्मसि

IAST Transliteration

klī́ba klībáṃ tvā́karam vádhre vádhriṃ tvā́karam arásārasaṃ tvā́karam | kūrī́ram asya śīrṣáṇi kúmbaṃ cā́dhi nidadhmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Impotent art thou—impotent have I made thee; a gelding, a gelding have I made thee; sapless, void of vital essence have I made thee. Upon his head we set the kūrīra, and we set thereon a pot as well.

Translation

Ngươi là kẻ bất lực—ta đã làm cho ngươi bất lực; là hoạn quan—ta đã làm cho ngươi thành hoạn quan; không nhựa sống, rỗng không tinh lực—ta đã làm cho ngươi như vậy. Trên đầu hắn, chúng ta đặt kūrīra, và lại đặt lên đó một cái nồi nữa

Word by Word

क्लीबimpotent one; eunuch-like

क्लीबम्impotent (as an object/acc.)

त्वाyou (acc.)

अकरम्I made

वध्रेin/with a castration-knife; in the cutting instrument

वध्रिम्(as) one to be cut/castrated; castrated one

त्वाyou (acc.)

अकरम्I made

अर॑सारसम्sapless; without vigor/essence

त्वाyou (acc.)

अकरम्I made

कुरीरम्a cap/helmet; head-covering

अस्यof him/of this one

शीर्षणिon the head

कुम्बम्a pot; jar

चand

अधिupon; over

निदध्मसिwe place; we set down

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition

Devata: The spell-force of impotence (klībatva) with Indra implicit from the surrounding verses

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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