Mantra 102
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
४१॥ ततश्चैनमन्येनोदरेण प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्
IAST Transliteration
tátas cainam anyéna udáreṇa prāśī́r yéna ca etáṃ pūrvé ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thereafter thou didst cause him to eat with another belly, even that whereby the seers of old ate this same (food).
Word by Word
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
एनम्him/it (this one)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रुति)
अन्येनwith another
अन्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
उदरेणwith (the) belly/stomach
उदरेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउदर (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राशीःyou ate; you consumed
प्राशीः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश् (धातु)
येनwith which; by which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
एतम्this (one)
एतम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेformer; earlier
पूर्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राश्नन्they ate; they consumed
प्राश्नन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here; verse itself references ‘pūrvā ṛṣayaḥ’)
Devata: Ṛṣi-tradition/ancestral authority; the efficacy of sanctioned consumption
Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-style
Mantra Rasa
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