Atharva Veda 11.3.46: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 46

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३३॥ तत॑श्चैनम॒न्याभ्या॑म॒क्षीभ्यां॒ प्राशी॒र्याभ्यां॑ चै॒तं पूर्व॒ ऋष॑यः॒ प्राश्न॑न्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.46

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyā́bhyām akṣī́bhyāṃ prāśī́r yā́bhyāṃ ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter with other eyes thou didst consume him—those very eyes wherewith the seers of old did eat of this.

Translation

उसके बाद दूसरी आँखों से तुमने उसे खा लिया। वही आँखें जिससे पुराने रिशि भी खाते थे।

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Word by Word

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

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

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

• अन्याभ्याम्: with two other (ones)
• अन्याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• अक्षीभ्याम्: with (two) eyes
• अक्षीभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

• एतम्: this (one); him/it
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वे: former; earlier
• पूर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषयः: seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राश्नन्: they ate; they consumed
• प्राश्नन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt alone (embedded narrative voice).

Devata: Cakṣus (Sight) / ritualized vision; r̥ṣi-authority as legitimating power.

Chandas: Prose (Brāhmaṇa-like narrative diction).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: bhayankara