Atharva Veda 11.3.137: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 137

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४६॥ तत॑श्चैनम॒न्याभ्यां॒ प्रप॑दाभ्यां॒ प्राशी॒र्याभ्यां॑ चै॒तं पूर्व॒ ऋष॑यः॒ प्राश्न॑न्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.137

IAST Transliteration

tátas caínam anyā́bhyāṃ prá-padābhyāṃ prá-āśī́r-yābhyāṃ ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prá-aśnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with two other steps, with two benedictions also, this did the seers of old partake.

Translation

फिर दो और कदम से, और दो दुआ के साथ, पुराने रिशि इस खाने को खाते थे।

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Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय) अथवा तस्मात्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• अन्याभ्याम्: with two other (ones)
• अन्याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रपदाभ्याम्: with (his) two forefeet/steps
• प्रपदाभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘forefoot/step’)

• प्राशीः: ate; consumed
• प्राशीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नोति) उपसर्ग: प्र-

• याभ्याम्: with which two
• याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (Relative pronoun)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (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: ate; consumed
• प्राश्नन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नोति) उपसर्ग: प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi not specified in the provided excerpt; verse itself references ‘former ṛṣis’)

Devata: Ṛṣi-tradition/precedent; blessing (āśīs) as operative power

Chandas: Prose-like narrative (exact meter uncertain)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta