Mantra 93

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vā́ ódanaḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the Odana—complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in the whole body.

Translation

यह निश्चय ही ओदन (पका अन्न) है—सर्वाङ्ग, सर्वपरु, सर्वतनु।

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: कर्तृ (विषय/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Particle)
• Root: वै (निपात)

• ओदनः: cooked rice; rice-porridge (odana)
• ओदनः: कर्तृ (वाक्यस्य विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs/parts; complete in all members
• सर्वाङ्गः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + अङ्ग)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/segments; complete in every joint
• सर्वपरुः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + परु ‘joint/knuckle’)

• सर्वतनूः: having the whole body; wholly embodied/complete in body
• सर्वतनूः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तनू ‘body’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as above)

Devata: Odana personified as a healing/wholeness agent

Chandas: Prose-like nominal sentence

Mantra Rasa

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