Mantra 1

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

खिलानि । को अर्य बहुलिमा इषूनि

IAST Transliteration

khilā́ni | kó aryá bahulímā iṣū́ni

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Khila-verses. Who, O noble one, hath abundance of arrows?

Word by Word

• खिलानि: waste/uncultivated (places); barren tracts
• खिलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खिल (प्रातिपदिक)

• कः: who?
• कः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्य: O Arya/noble one
• अर्य: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहुलिमा: abundance; great quantity
• बहुलिमा: Karma
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: बहुलिमा (प्रातिपदिक; बहुल + -इमा भावप्रत्यय)

• इषूनि: arrows
• इषूनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Khila / unspecified (appendix material; r̥ṣi not fixed in the main Saunaka anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Interrogative/diagnostic formula (no single devatā explicit)

Chandas: Irregular / not securely determinable from the fragment

Mantra Rasa

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