Mantra 109

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४२॥ ततश्चैनमन्येन वस्तिना प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyéna vastínā prāśī́r yéna caítam pūrvé ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with another vessel shalt thou cause him to partake—wherewith, moreover, the seers of old caused this man to partake.

Translation

Darauf lass ihn mit einem anderen Gefäß davon kosten—mit eben dem, womit auch die Seher der Vorzeit dieses (Odana) kosten ließen.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकस्य तस्मात्-आदेशः/अव्यय) अथवा तस्-प्रत्ययान्त

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय) समुच्चयार्थक

• एनम्: him/it (this one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्/एनम् (अनाफोरिक-प्रयोग)

• अन्येन: with another
• अन्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• वस्तिना: with a bladder; with a (medical) enema-bladder/instrument
• वस्तिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘मूत्राशयः/वस्तिः; (चिकित्सायां) वस्ति-उपकरणम्/वस्ति-क्रिया’

• प्राशीः: you split/cleft (it); you pierced
• प्राशीः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शॄ (शृणाति/शृणोति) ‘भेदन-छेदन-विदारण’ (वेदिक-प्रयोगे) + प्र-

• येन: with which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय) समुच्चयार्थक

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वे: former; earlier
• पूर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषयः: seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राश्नन्: they ate/consumed
• प्राश्नन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नाति) ‘भक्षणे’ + प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic prose unit (variable).

Devata: Ṛṣis/Tradition as legitimating power; Odana as operative medium.

Chandas: Prose.

Mantra Rasa

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