Atharva Veda 11.3.135: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 135

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ए॒ष वा ओ॑द॒नः सर्वा॑ङ्गः॒ सर्व॑परुः॒ सर्व॑तनूः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.135

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vā́ odanáḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the rice-porridge: complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in all the body.

Translation

यह खाना पूरा है। हर अंग में, हर जोड़ में, पूरे बदन में, सब जगह पूरा है।

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Word by Word

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

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

• ओदनः: cooked rice; porridge; oblation-food
• ओदनः: कर्तृ/विषयः (एषः … ओदनः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/knots; complete in every joint
• सर्वपरुः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + परु)

• सर्वतनूः: having all bodies/forms; wholly embodied/entire in body
• सर्वतनूः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + तनू)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Odana as a personified/ritual power of wholeness (annadevata/food-as-healing agent)

Chandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late Atharvanic style; exact meter uncertain from excerpt)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta