Mantra 5

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतं पृच्छ कुहं पृच्छ

IAST Transliteration

etám pṛ́ccha kúham pṛ́ccha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ask of this one; ask—Where is it?

Word by Word

• एतम्: this (one), him
• एतम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृच्छ: ask (you)!
• पृच्छ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रच्छ् (प्रच्छति)

• कुह: where?
• कुह: अधिकारण (स्थान-प्रश्नः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुह (अव्यय)

• पृच्छ: ask (you)!
• पृच्छ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रच्छ् (प्रच्छति)

Attribution

Rishi: Khila / unspecified

Devata: Interrogation/Discovery (no explicit devatā)

Chandas: Irregular (imperative fragment)

Mantra Rasa

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