
Rishi: Anukta (khila)
Devata: Diśaḥ (Directions) / Apotropaic expulsion (implicit)
Chandas: Irregular (khila, prose-like cadence)
Mantra 1
खिलानि । इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – अरालागुदभर्त्सथ
Khila-verses. Here thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—crookedly: do ye up-rebuke, drive forth!
Mantra 2
इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – वत्साः पुरुषन्त आसते
Here thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—the calves, thriving and many, abide at rest.
Mantra 3
इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – स्थालीपाको वि लीयते
Here thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—the pot-cooking is wholly softened, dissolveth well.
Mantra 4
इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – स वै पृथु लीयते
Here, even thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—verily he spreads broad, and then is merged away.
Mantra 5
इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – आष्टे लाहणि लीशाथी
Here, even thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—he takes his seat; ‘Lāhaṇi’ performs the sliding act.
Mantra 6
इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – अक्ष्लिली पुच्छिलीयते
Here, even thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—‘Akṣlilī’, the tailed one, goes forth.
To clear and protect a space by invoking all four directions and verbally driving out obstacles or hostile influences from every quarter.
No. The text functions primarily as a spoken space-command. Some performances may add a small token/effigy implied by the “tailed one,” but it is not required by the wording.
Because the charm’s logic is total coverage: naming each quarter leaves no ‘unspoken’ area where harm can remain, and it ritually establishes mastery over the whole field of action.