Atharva Veda 11.3.60: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 60

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३५॥ तत॑श्चैनम॒न्यया॑ जि॒ह्वया॒ प्राशी॒र्यया॑ चै॒तं पूर्व॒ ऋष॑यः॒ प्राश्न॑न्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.60

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyáyā jihváyā práśīr yayā ca etáṃ pūrvá ṛ́ṣayaḥ práśnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter with another tongue thou didst consume him—yea, with that wherewith the ancient Seers consumed this same.

Translation

फिर उसने दूसरी जीभ से उसे खत्म किया। वही जीभ थी जो पुराने रिशि भी उसे करते थे।

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Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

• जिह्वया: with the tongue
• जिह्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type tradition (hymn complex; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the excerpt)

Devata: Agni (implicit through ‘tongue’ and consumption), with ṛṣi-precedent as validating authority

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-like Atharvanic diction (not a strict metrical pāda in this excerpt)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: bhayankara