Mantra 1

Sukta 134

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

खिलानि । इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – अरालागुदभर्त्सथ

IAST Transliteration

khilā́ni | ihéttha prā́g apā́g úd ag adharā́g—arā́lāg úd-bhartsatha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Word by Word

• खिलानि: (the) gaps/defects; vacant/rough places (pl.)
• खिलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खिल (प्रातिपदिक) / खिल (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• इत्थ: thus; in this manner
• इत्थ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थ (अव्यय)

• प्राक्: eastward; to the front
• प्राक्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)

• अपाक्: westward; backward
• अपाक्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपाक् (अव्यय)

• उदक्: northward; upward
• उदक्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उदक् (अव्यय)

• अधराक्: southward; downward
• अधराक्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधराक् (अव्यय)

• अरालाक्: towards the crooked/oblique direction
• अरालाक्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अराल (प्रातिपदिक) + -आक् (दिगर्थीय-अव्ययप्रत्यय)

• उदभर्त्सथ: you (pl.) revile/threaten
• उदभर्त्सथ: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भर्त्स् (धातु) < भर्त्सयति ‘to threaten, revile’

Attribution

Rishi: Anukta (khila)

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

Chandas: Irregular (khila, prose-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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