Mantra 100

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vá ódanaḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the boiled oblation-food—complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in the whole body.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

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

• ओदनः: cooked rice; porridge (food offering)
• ओदनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (prātipadika)

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs/parts; complete in all parts
• सर्वाङ्गः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (prātipadika; सर्व + अङ्ग)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/knots; complete in every joint
• सर्वपरुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (prātipadika; सर्व + परु/पर्वन् ‘joint, knot’)

• सर्वतनूः: having an entire body; wholly embodied
• सर्वतनूः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (prātipadika; सर्व + तनू ‘body’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Odana as efficacious ritual substance (annadevata/food-personification); implicitly ‘wholeness’ (sarvāṅgatā)

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-style Atharvanic diction (not a strict metrical ṛc)

Mantra Rasa

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