Mantra 4

Sukta 134

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – स वै पृथु लीयते

IAST Transliteration

ihéttha prā́g apā́g údág adharā́g — sá vái pṛthú lī́yate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Here, even thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—verily he spreads broad, and then is merged away.

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• इत्थ: thus, in this manner
• इत्थ: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थ (अव्यय)

• प्राक्: eastward / forward
• प्राक्: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)

• अपाक्: westward / backward
• अपाक्: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपाक् (अव्यय)

• उदक्: northward / upward
• उदक्: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उदक् (अव्यय)

• अधराक्: southward / downward
• अधराक्: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधराक् (अव्यय)

• स: he / that (one)
• स: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• पृथु: broadly, widely; broad
• पृथु: कर्म-प्रकार/विशेषण (क्रियाविशेषणवत्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथु (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• लीयते: merges, dissolves, clings (becomes absorbed)
• लीयते: क्रिया (कर्तृ: स)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ली (लीङ्/लयने; ‘to adhere/cleave, to dissolve/merge’)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukta/late (Book 20 is largely RV-reuse plus appendical materials; this segment is non-RV in diction)

Devata: Dik (the Quarters) / performative speech-act

Chandas: Irregular/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late, formulaic)

Mantra Rasa

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