Mantra 3

Sukta 134

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराग् – स्थालीपाको वि लीयते

IAST Transliteration

ihéttha prā́g apā́g úd ag adharā́g—sthālīpā́ko ví lī́yate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Translation

ਇੱਥੇ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ—ਪੂਰਬ ਵੱਲ, ਪੱਛਮ ਵੱਲ, ਉੱਤਰ ਵੱਲ, ਦੱਖਣ ਵੱਲ—ਸਥਾਲੀਪਾਕ (ਹਾਂਡੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਕਾਉਣਾ) ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਰਮ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਚੰਗੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਘੁਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

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, backward
• अपाक्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपाक् (अव्यय)

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

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

• स्थालीपाकः: the pot-cooking; a dish cooked in a pot (stew/porridge)
• स्थालीपाकः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थालीपाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder (intensifying/separative prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• लीयते: melts away, dissolves, disappears
• लीयते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ली (लीयते) / √लि (श्लिष्-भावे; ‘to adhere/cleave, to melt/dissolve’)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukta (khila cluster)

Devata: Anna/Sthālīpāka (domestic food/oblation) and Directions (implicit)

Chandas: Irregular

Mantra Rasa

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