Mantra 6

Sukta 134

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – अक्ष्लिली पुच्छिलीयते

IAST Transliteration

ihéttha prā́g apā́g údág adharā́g — ákṣlilī pú cchilī́ yate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Word by Word

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

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

• प्राक्: eastward; forward
• प्राक्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)

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

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

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

• अक्ष्लिली: the ‘akṣlilī’ (a worm/insect; name of a pest)
• अक्ष्लिली: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष्लिली (प्रातिपदिक; कीट/कृमिनाम)

• पुच्छिली: the ‘pucchilī’ (a ‘tailed’ worm/insect; name of a pest)
• पुच्छिली: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुच्छिली (प्रातिपदिक; कीट/कृमिनाम)

• इयते: moves/goes; is driven away
• इयते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (इण्) / √या (या-गत्यर्थे) — वैदिक रूप

Attribution

Rishi: Anukta/late

Devata: Dik / the dispatched agent (pucchilī)

Chandas: Irregular (formulaic)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta