Mantra 116

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४३॥ ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यामूरुभ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyā́bhyām ūrúbhyāṃ prá āśī́ryābhyāṃ ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prá aśnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with the other pair of thighs—with the twain to be rent away—this man the ancient Seers did wholly consume.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• अन्याभ्याम्: with two other (ones)
• अन्याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊरुभ्याम्: with (the) two thighs
• ऊरुभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राशीः: you ate; you consumed
• प्राशीः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

• याभ्याम्: with which two (fem.)
• याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

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

• प्राश्नन्: they ate; they consumed
• प्राश्नन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: Pūrvāḥ ṛṣayaḥ invoked as authority (no single named seer in excerpt)

Devata: Ritual precedent/ṛṣi-authority; implicitly the power of the Atharvanic act

Chandas: Prose / narrative style

Mantra Rasa

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