Atharva Veda 11.3.65: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 65

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ए॒ष वा ओ॑द॒नः सर्वा॑ङ्गः॒ सर्व॑परुः॒ सर्व॑तनूः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.65

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vá ódanaḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the odaná: complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in the whole body.

Translation

यह खाना पूरा है। हर अंग में पूरा, हर जोड़ में पूरा, पूरे शरीर में पूरा। कहीं भी कमी नहीं है।

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Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Kartā (वाक्यस्य विषयः/उद्देश्यः)
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: — (सम्बोधन/निश्चयार्थ-निपातः)
• Type: Indeclinable (Particle)
• Root: वै (निपात)

• ओदनः: cooked rice; rice-porridge (food offering)
• ओदनः: Kartā (एषः इत्यस्य विशेष्यः/समनाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/segments; complete in every joint
• सर्वपरुः: Kartā (समनाधिकरण-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + परु/पर्वन् ‘joint, knot’)

• सर्वतनूः: having the whole body/substance; wholly embodied
• सर्वतनूः: Kartā (समनाधिकरण-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तनू ‘body, substance’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa-style prose tradition (as transmitted in AVŚ 11.3; specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Odaná (ritual food) as efficacious totality; implicitly Puṣṭi (nourishment/wholeness).

Chandas: Prose (brāhmaṇa-like), not a strict metrical chandas.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta