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

ఇక్కడ ఇట్లా—తూర్పు, పడమర, ఉత్తరం, దక్షిణం—స్థాలీపాక (కుండలో వండిన పాకం/వండిన ఆహారం) పూర్తిగా మెత్తబడీ బాగా కరుగుతుంది.

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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