Mantra 1

Sukta 135

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

खिलानि । भुगित्यभिगतः शलित्यपक्रान्तः फलित्यभिष्ठितः । दुन्दुभिमाहननाभ्यां जरितरोथामो दैव

IAST Transliteration

khilā́ni | bhúgity abhí-gataḥ śálity apá-krāntaḥ phálity abhí-ṣṭhitaḥ | dúndubhim ā́-hananābhyāṃ jaritaróthā́mo daivá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To the waste-lands—‘Bhugity’ hath come up; ‘Śality’ hath withdrawn; ‘Phality’ is set firm. With two beatings on the drum, O ye two reciters, (make) divine strength our stay.

Word by Word

• खिलानि: waste-lands; fallow plots (as objects/areas)
• खिलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खिल (प्रातिपदिक) / खिल (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• भुगित्य: in/with bending; crookedly (manner)
• भुगित्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → भुगि (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिगतः: having approached; come near
• अभिगतः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)

• शलित्य: reedy/grass-like; with reediness (manner)
• शलित्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शलि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शलि’ = reed/grass-like) अथवा √शल् (धातु) → शलि (कृदन्त)

• अपक्रान्तः: having gone away; departed
• अपक्रान्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु) + अप- (उपसर्ग)

• फलित्य: fruitful/fruit-like; with fruiting (manner)
• फलित्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फलि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘फलि’ = fruit-bearing/fruit-like) अथवा √फल् → फलि (कृदन्त)

• अभिष्ठितः: stood upon; occupied; established
• अभिष्ठितः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)

• दुन्दुभिम्: the drum (dundubhi)
• दुन्दुभिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहननाभ्याम्: with the two beatings/strikings; with two drum-strokes
• आहननाभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-हन् (धातु) → आहनन (कृदन्त/भाव-प्रातिपदिक)

• जरितरौ: the two singers/praisers
• जरितरौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘singer/praiser’)

• था: thus; so
• था: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: (अव्यय) था

• अमो: strength; vigor
• अमो: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम् (धातु) → अम (प्रातिपदिक) / वा ‘अम’ = बल/सामर्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दैव: divine; belonging to the gods
• दैव: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘divine’)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukta/late

Devata: Thāmas (staying-strength) / Dundubhi (instrumental power) / protective divine force

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late, performative prose-verse)

Mantra Rasa

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