Mantra 1

Sukta 131

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

खिलानि । आमिनोनिति भद्यते

IAST Transliteration

khilā́ni | ā́mina íti bhádyate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In the waste-lands—‘the injurer,’ thus, is broken in pieces.

Word by Word

• खिलानि: waste/uncultivated (plots), fallow-lands
• खिलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खिल (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto; (prefix)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मिनोनि: he/she/it diminishes, injures, destroys
• मिनोनि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मि (धातु; ‘हिंसायाम्/क्षये’), with उपसर्ग आ-

• इति: thus, so (quotative)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

• भद्यते: it becomes auspicious/prosperous; it fares well
• भद्यते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भद् (धातु; ‘कल्याणे/भद्रभावे’), आत्मनेपद

Attribution

Rishi: Khila/Anukramaṇī tradition (late appendix material; r̥ṣi attribution uncertain without the AV20 khila-anukramaṇī collation)

Devata: Apotropaic force (bhedana); implicitly the mantra’s own efficacy against the ‘āmina’

Chandas: Uncertain (khila material; requires metrical verification from full pada tradition)

Mantra Rasa

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