Mantra 23
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नास्यास्थीनि भिन्द्यान्न मज्ज्ञो निर्धयेत्। सर्वमेनं समादायेदमिदं प्र वेशयेत्
IAST Transliteration
nā́syā́sthīni bhindyā́n ná majjñó nirdháyet | sárvam enaṃ samādā́yédám idaṃ prá veśayet
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let him not break its bones, nor scrape away the marrow. Gathering it all together, let him cause it to enter—here, even here—into the appointed place.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्यof him/this (person)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्थीनिbones
अस्थीनि:
कर्म (of भिन्द्यात्)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
भिन्द्यात्should split/break
भिन्द्यात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभिद्
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मज्ज्ञःof the marrow
मज्ज्ञः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमज्जन् (प्रातिपदिक)
निर्दहेयेत्should burn out/consume
निर्दहेयेत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootदह् (उपसर्ग: निर्)
सर्वम्the whole (entirety)
सर्वम्:
कर्म (of समादाय)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म (object taken/led)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रुति)
समादायhaving taken up/collected
समादाय:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (having taken/collected)
TypeVerbal indeclinable (gerund)
Rootदा (उपसर्ग: सम्+आ)
इदम्this
इदम्:
कर्म (of प्रवेशयेत्)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्into this
इदम्:
कर्म (destination/into this; with implied locative sense)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रवेशयेत्should cause to enter/insert
प्रवेशयेत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootविश् (उपसर्ग: प्र; causative: प्रवेशय-)
Attribution
Rishi: Anonymous ritual authority
Devata: Ritual correctness (yajña-niyama) / the victim as sacral body
Chandas: Didactic prose with metrical cadence
Mantra Rasa
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