Mantra 100

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vá ódanaḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the boiled oblation-food—complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in the whole body.

Translation

هذا حقًّا هو الأودانا (طعامُ القُربانِ المسلوق)—تامٌّ في كلِّ عضو، تامٌّ في كلِّ مفصل، تامٌّ في الجسد كلِّه.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (nipāta)

• ओदनः: cooked rice; porridge (food offering)
• ओदनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (prātipadika)

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs/parts; complete in all parts
• सर्वाङ्गः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (prātipadika; सर्व + अङ्ग)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/knots; complete in every joint
• सर्वपरुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (prātipadika; सर्व + परु/पर्वन् ‘joint, knot’)

• सर्वतनूः: having an entire body; wholly embodied
• सर्वतनूः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (prātipadika; सर्व + तनू ‘body’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Odana as efficacious ritual substance (annadevata/food-personification); implicitly ‘wholeness’ (sarvāṅgatā)

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-style Atharvanic diction (not a strict metrical ṛc)

Mantra Rasa

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