Mantra 4

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः शतौदनां पचति कामप्रेण स कल्पते । प्रीता ह्यऽस्यर्त्विजः सर्वे यन्ति यथायथम्

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ śatā́udanāṁ pácati kāmápreṇa sá kálpate | prītā́ hí ’syá r̥tvíjaḥ sárve yánti yáthā-yatham

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso cooketh the Hundred-odana with desire’s incitement, he is made successful: for, well-pleased, all his priests go each to his place in ordered wise.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शतौदनानाम्: of (many) hundred-porridge offerings
• शतौदनानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतौदन (प्रातिपदिक; शत + ओदन)

• पचति: cooks, prepares
• पचति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (पचँ)

• कामप्रेण: with desire/according to wish (as motive)
• कामप्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (instrumental qualifier)
• Root: कामप्र (प्रातिपदिक; काम + प्र)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पते: is fit/succeeds, becomes effective
• कल्पते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (कॢपँ) / √कल्प् (कल्पँ) (वैदिक प्रयोग)

• प्रीताः: pleased
• प्रीताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्री ‘to please’ का क्त)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: (सम्बन्ध/हेतु-निर्देशक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• अस्य: of him, his
• अस्य: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋत्विजः: the priests (ṛtvij-s)
• ऋत्विजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यन्ति: go, proceed
• यन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (या॒)

• यथा: as, according as
• यथा: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• यथम्: in due order / each in his proper way
• यथम्: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथम् (वैदिक अव्यय; ‘यथावत्/यथायथम्’ अर्थे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Aṅgiras/Atharvan-type seer; hymn ascribed within AV ritual corpus rather than a single named ṛṣi in many listings)

Devata: Śatāudana/Anna (food as merit-bearing offering); implicitly Agni and the ṛtvijas as efficacy-mediators

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant)

Mantra Rasa

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