Mantra 46
Sukta 3
३३॥ ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यामक्षीभ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्
tátas cainam anyā́bhyām akṣī́bhyāṃ prāśī́r yā́bhyāṃ ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán
Thereafter with other eyes thou didst consume him—those very eyes wherewith the seers of old did eat of this.
Daraufhin verzehrtest du ihn mit anderen Augen — mit eben jenen Augen, mit denen die Seher der Vorzeit von diesem aßen.
Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt alone (embedded narrative voice).
Devata: Cakṣus (Sight) / ritualized vision; r̥ṣi-authority as legitimating power.
Chandas: Prose (Brāhmaṇa-like narrative diction).
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