Mantra 60

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३५॥ ततश्चैनमन्यया जिह्वया प्राशीर्यया चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyáyā jihváyā práśīr yayā ca etáṃ pūrvá ṛ́ṣayaḥ práśnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter with another tongue thou didst consume him—yea, with that wherewith the ancient Seers consumed this same.

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: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्-प्रयोग

• अन्यया: with another
• अन्यया: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिह्वया: with the tongue
• जिह्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• यया: with which
• यया: 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: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type tradition (hymn complex; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the excerpt)

Devata: Agni (implicit through ‘tongue’ and consumption), with ṛṣi-precedent as validating authority

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-like Atharvanic diction (not a strict metrical pāda in this excerpt)

Mantra Rasa

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