Mantra 72

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 Odana—complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in every body.

Translation

هذا، حقًّا، هو الأودانا—تامٌّ في كلِّ عضو، تامٌّ في كلِّ مفصل، تامٌّ في كلِّ جسد.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: कर्तृ (विषय/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• ओदनः: cooked rice; porridge (odana)
• ओदनः: कर्तृ (वाक्यस्य विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs/parts; complete in every part
• सर्वाङ्गः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + अङ्ग)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/knots; complete in every joint
• सर्वपरुः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + परु)

• सर्वतनूः: having all body/substance; wholly embodied
• सर्वतनूः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + तनू)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not explicit in excerpt)

Devata: Odana/Anna as personified totality; implicitly Prajāpati/Viśva-śarīra concept

Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like prose assertion

Mantra Rasa

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