Atharva Veda 11.3.102: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 102

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४१॥ तत॑श्चैनम॒न्येनो॒दरे॑ण॒ प्राशी॒र्येन॑ चै॒तं पूर्व॒ ऋष॑यः॒ प्राश्न॑न्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.102

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyéna udáreṇa prāśī́r yéna ca etáṃ pūrvé ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter thou didst cause him to eat with another belly, even that whereby the seers of old ate this same (food).

Translation

फिर उसने दूसरे पेट से खाना खिलाया। वह पेट जो पुराने रिशि लोग इस्तेमाल करते थे। रिशि लोग भी ऐसे ही खाते थे पहले।

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Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• एनम्: him/it (this one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रुति)

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

• उदरेण: with (the) belly/stomach
• उदरेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• येन: with which; by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: 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 (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here; verse itself references ‘pūrvā ṛṣayaḥ’)

Devata: Ṛṣi-tradition/ancestral authority; the efficacy of sanctioned consumption

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta