Mantra 114

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vā́ odanáḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the rice-porridge—complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in all the body.

Translation

هذا، حقًّا، هو الأودانا (عصيدة الأرزّ)—تامٌّ في كلِّ عضو، تامٌّ في كلِّ مفصل، تامٌّ في الجسد كلِّه.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: कर्तृ (विषयः/उद्देश्यः) — ‘यह’ (उदनः) के लिए संकेत
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

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

• ओदनः: cooked rice, porridge
• ओदनः: कर्तृ (विषयः) — विशेषणानां आश्रयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘पका हुआ अन्न/भात’

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs/parts; complete in all parts
• सर्वाङ्गः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अङ्ग (समास-प्रातिपदिक) ‘सर्व-अङ्ग’

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/knots; complete in articulations
• सर्वपरुः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + परु (समास-प्रातिपदिक) ‘सर्व-परु’

• सर्वतनूः: having the whole body/substance; wholly embodied
• सर्वतनूः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + तनू (समास-प्रातिपदिक) ‘सर्व-तनू’

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified by anukramaṇī for AVŚ 11.3.

Devata: Odana as empowered substance; implicitly brahman and the principle of bodily wholeness (sarvatā).

Chandas: Prose-like or loosely anuṣṭubh; secure identification requires full hymn context.

Mantra Rasa

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