Mantra 81

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३८॥ ततश्चैनमन्येन व्यचसा प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyéna vyácasā prāśī́r yéna ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter thou didst administer unto him with another pervading spell, even that whereby the seers of old were wont to partake of this.

Translation

Daraufhin verabreichtest du ihm mit einem anderen, alles durchdringenden Zauberspruch — eben mit jenem, durch den die Seher der Vorzeit dies zu genießen pflegten.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय) अथवा तस्-प्रत्ययान्त

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

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

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

• व्यचसा: with a garment/covering
• व्यचसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यचस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वस्त्र/आवरण/वेष’ इत्यर्थे)

• प्राशीः: you ate; you consumed
• प्राशीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति ‘to eat’)

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

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

• एतं: this (one)
• एतं: 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; they consumed
• प्राश्नन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति ‘to eat’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa narrative voice (ṛṣi attribution variable).

Devata: Mantra/‘vyacas’ as operative power; ṛṣi-tradition as authority.

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic narration (gadyā tendency).

Mantra Rasa

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