Mantra 1

Sukta 128

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

खिलानि । यः सभेयो विदथ्यः सुत्वा यज्वाथ पूरुषः । सूर्यं चामू रिशादसस्तद् देवाः प्रागकल्पयन्

IAST Transliteration

khilā́ni | yáḥ sabhéyo vidathyáḥ sutvā́ yajvā́ átha pū́ruṣaḥ | sū́ryaṃ cámū́ riśā́dasaḥ tád devā́ḥ prā́g akalpayan ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Khila verses. Whoso is meet for the assembly, meet for the sacred gathering—having pressed (Soma), a sacrificer—then that man (is established). The Sun, and yonder harm-devourers: that did the Gods set in order beforehand.

Word by Word

• खिलानि: (the) fragments / odds-and-ends (as objects)
• खिलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खिल (प्रातिपदिक) / खिल (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सभेयः: belonging to/fit for the assembly
• सभेयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सभेय (प्रातिपदिक; सभा + -एय)

• विदथ्यः: pertaining to the vidatha (ritual gathering)
• विदथ्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदथ्य (प्रातिपदिक; विदथ + -य)

• सुत्वा: having pressed (Soma)
• सुत्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सु (सुनोति) / √सू (सवति) — here: √सु ‘to press (Soma)’

• यज्वा: a sacrificer
• यज्वा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् + वन्)

• अथ: then / and then
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पूरुषः: the man / person
• पूरुषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अमू: that (yonder one)
• अमू: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रिशादसः: harm-devourers (destroyers of injury; hostile beings)
• रिशादसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिशादस् (प्रातिपदिक; रिशा + अदस् ‘eater of harm’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राकल्पयन्: they arranged / they prepared beforehand
• प्राकल्पयन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √कॢप् (कल्पयति) / √कॢप् caus.

Attribution

Rishi: To be specified per Anukramaṇī for 20.128 (khila status may complicate attribution).

Devata: Sūrya (and the gods collectively); also implicit apotropaic focus against riśādasaḥ

Chandas: To be verified; likely Anuṣṭubh or mixed (khila material may vary)

Mantra Rasa

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