Mantra 12
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यत् पुरा परिवेषात् स्वादमाहरन्ति पुरोडाशावेव तौ
IAST Transliteration
yát purā́ pariveṣā́t svādám āháranti puroḍā́śāv evá táu
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What, before the serving, they bring as the savoury portion—those two are, in very truth, the Puroḍāśa-cakes.
Word by Word
यत्that which; whatever
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यत् (सम्बन्ध-निपात)
पुराformerly; earlier
पुरा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
परिवेषात्from the serving/distribution (of food); from the portioning
परिवेषात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपरिवेष (प्रातिपदिक; परि-√विश्/√विष्? → ‘परिवेष’ ‘serving/portioning; distribution’ as noun)
स्वादम्the taste; relish
स्वादम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वाद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘taste, relish’)
आहरन्तिthey bring; they fetch
आहरन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√हृ (हृञ् हरति)
पुरोडाशौtwo puroḍāśa-cakes
पुरोडाशौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुरोडाश (प्रातिपदिक; sacrificial cake)
इवlike; as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
तौthose two
तौ:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Uncertain from the excerpt alone (requires Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 9.6).
Devata: Puroḍāśa/food-offering principle; ritual distribution as its correlate.
Chandas: Yajus-style identificatory prose.
Mantra Rasa
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