Mantra 130

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४५॥ ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यां पादाभ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyā́bhyāṃ pā́dābhyāṃ prāśī́r yā́bhyāṃ caítam pū́rva ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter with the other pair of Feet thou didst feed him—those wherewith the ancient Seers fed this man of old.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्; तस्मात् इत्यर्थे अव्यय)

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

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

• अन्याभ्याम्: with the other two
• अन्याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पादाभ्याम्: with (two) feet
• पादाभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राशीः: you ate; you consumed
• प्राशीः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (अश्नोति = to eat) उपसर्गः प्र-

• याभ्याम्: with which (two)
• याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (Relative pronoun)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (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: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (अश्नोति = to eat) उपसर्गः प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for AVŚ 11.3 requires padapāṭha-anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Aśvins (implicitly, via ‘pādābhyām’ and the following mantras).

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (not a strict RV metrical stanza; requires anukramaṇī verification).

Mantra Rasa

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