Mantra 5

Sukta 134

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – आष्टे लाहणि लीशाथी

IAST Transliteration

ihéttha prā́g apā́g údág adharā́g — ā́ṣṭe lā́haṇi lī́śāthī

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Translation

इथेच, अशाच प्रकारे—पूर्व, पश्चिम, उत्तर, दक्षिण दिशेकडे—तो आसन घेतो; ‘लाहणी’ (Lāhaṇi) सरकणे/घसरणे ही क्रिया करते.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• अपाक्: westward; away
• अपाक्: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपाक् (अव्यय)

• उदक्: northward
• उदक्: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उदक् (अव्यय)

• अधराक्: downward; to the lower region
• अधराक्: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधराक् (अव्यय)

• आष्टे: sits; remains
• आष्टे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (आसँ उपवेशने/स्थितौ)

• लाहणि: Lāhaṇi (name/epithet; exact sense uncertain)
• लाहणि: कर्तृ (सम्भाव्यः) / संबोधन (सम्भाव्यः)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet?)
• Root: लाहणि (प्रातिपदिक; अनिश्चित/दुर्लभ शब्द)

• लीशाथी: Līśāthī (name/epithet; exact sense uncertain)
• लीशाथी: विशेषण (सम्भाव्यः) / संबोधन (सम्भाव्यः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (uncertain)
• Root: लीशाथी (प्रातिपदिक; अनिश्चित/दुर्लभ शब्द)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukta/late

Devata: Dik / technical mantra-speech

Chandas: Irregular (formulaic)

Mantra Rasa

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