Mantra 93

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vā́ ódanaḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the Odana—complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in the whole body.

Translation

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

Word by Word

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

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

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

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs/parts; complete in all members
• सर्वाङ्गः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + अङ्ग)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/segments; complete in every joint
• सर्वपरुः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + परु ‘joint/knuckle’)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as above)

Devata: Odana personified as a healing/wholeness agent

Chandas: Prose-like nominal sentence

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_arc":"Contemplative assurance rising into wonder at the sacredness of ordinary food.","listener_experience":"Sense of being ‘put back together’; calm confidence in bodily integrity.","intensity":3}