Mantra 2

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पलालानुपलालौ शर्कुं कोकं मलिम्लुचं पलीजकम्। आश्रेषं वव्रिवाससमृक्षग्रीवं प्रमीलिनम्

IAST Transliteration

palā́lānupalā́lau śárkuṃ kókaṃ malimlúcaṃ palī́jakam | āśréṣaṃ vavrivā́sasaṃ ṛ́kṣagrīvaṃ pramī́linam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Straw-and-After-straw pair; Śarku, Koka, Malimluca, Palījaka; Āśreṣa the Clinger, Vavrivāsasa the Lurker, the Bear-necked, the Eye-closer—(all these) [we name and repel].

Word by Word

• पलालानु: after/along with the straw
• पलालानु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पलाल (प्रातिपदिक)

• पलालौ: two straws (stalks of straw)
• पलालौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पलाल (प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्कुम्: a peg/stake (pin)
• शर्कुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्कु (प्रातिपदिक)

• कोकम्: a cuckoo (bird) / (name of a creature)
• कोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• मलिम्लुचम्: a night-roamer/evil spirit (malignant being)
• मलिम्लुचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मलिम्लुच (प्रातिपदिक)

• पलीजकम्: a kind of vermin/creature (pest; name of a being)
• पलीजकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पलीजक (प्रातिपदिक)

• आश्रेषम्: clinging/attached (one that clings)
• आश्रेषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रिष् (धातु) / आश्रेष (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• वव्रिवाससम्: one clothed in a covering/skin (wrapped one)
• वव्रिवाससम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वव्रि-वासस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋक्षग्रीवम्: bear-necked (one with a bear-like neck)
• ऋक्षग्रीवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष-ग्रीव (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रमीलिनम्: with closed eyes; blinking/shut-eyed
• प्रमीलिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-मीली (धातु) / प्रमीलिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (graha-catalogue segment)

Devata: Adversarial grahas (named afflictions) as the addressed targets

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (list style; metrical looseness common in catalogues)

Mantra Rasa

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