Sukta 134
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Sukta 134

Rishi: Anukta (khila)

Devata: Diśaḥ (Directions) / Apotropaic expulsion (implicit)

Chandas: Irregular (khila, prose-like cadence)

Mantras

Mantra 1

खिलानि । इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – अरालागुदभर्त्सथ

Khila-verses. Here thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—crookedly: do ye up-rebuke, drive forth!

Mantra 2

इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – वत्साः पुरुषन्त आसते

Here thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—the calves, thriving and many, abide at rest.

Mantra 3

इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – स्थालीपाको वि लीयते

Here thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—the pot-cooking is wholly softened, dissolveth well.

Mantra 4

इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – स वै पृथु लीयते

Here, even thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—verily he spreads broad, and then is merged away.

Mantra 5

इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – आष्टे लाहणि लीशाथी

Here, even thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—he takes his seat; ‘Lāhaṇi’ performs the sliding act.

Mantra 6

इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – अक्ष्लिली पुच्छिलीयते

Here, even thus—eastward, westward, northward, southward—‘Akṣlilī’, the tailed one, goes forth.

Frequently Asked Questions

To clear and protect a space by invoking all four directions and verbally driving out obstacles or hostile influences from every quarter.

No. The text functions primarily as a spoken space-command. Some performances may add a small token/effigy implied by the “tailed one,” but it is not required by the wording.

Because the charm’s logic is total coverage: naming each quarter leaves no ‘unspoken’ area where harm can remain, and it ritually establishes mastery over the whole field of action.