Mantra 6

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कुहाकं पक्वकं पृच्छ

IAST Transliteration

kuhā́kaṃ pakvakáṃ pṛ́ccha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Question the conjurer; question the practised deceiver.

Word by Word

• कुहा॑कम्: a deceiver; trickster (one who uses fraud/illusion)
• कुहा॑कम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुहाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• पक्व॒कम्: a ‘ripe/fully-developed’ one; (by usage) a crafty/seasoned fellow
• पक्व॒कम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पक्वक (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृ॑च्छ: ask!; inquire!
• पृ॑च्छ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain for this isolated excerpt (AV 20 is largely Rigvedic material; attribution requires full anuvāka context).

Devata: Implicitly directed against the kuhāka (deceiver); no explicit deity named in this pāda.

Chandas: Indeterminate from a single pāda; likely part of a larger metrical verse in the source hymn.

Mantra Rasa

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