Mantra 12

Sukta 131

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पाक बलिः

IAST Transliteration

pā́ka balíḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Pāka—(this is) the bali-offering.

Word by Word

• पाकः: (the) ripening/maturity; cooked/ripe (one)
• पाकः: Kartā (समास/वाक्य में कर्तृपद के रूप में) अथवा विशेष्य (यदि ‘बलिः’ का विशेषणार्थ प्रयोग हो)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक (प्रातिपदिक; √पच् ‘to cook, ripen’ से निष्पन्न) अथवा ‘पाक’ (ripeness/maturity) से

• बलिः: offering; oblation; tribute
• बलिः: Kartā/विषय (नामपद) अथवा विशेष्य (यदि ‘पाकः’ विशेषण हो)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (fragmentary list-like mantra)

Devata: Bali-recipient (Pāka as named addressee); secondarily Rakṣas/spirits as appeased class

Chandas: Not determinable (nominal fragment)

Mantra Rasa

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