Mantra 109
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
४२॥ ततश्चैनमन्येन वस्तिना प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्
IAST Transliteration
tátas cainam anyéna vastínā prāśī́r yéna caítam pūrvé ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thereafter, with another vessel shalt thou cause him to partake—wherewith, moreover, the seers of old caused this man to partake.
Word by Word
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकस्य तस्मात्-आदेशः/अव्यय) अथवा तस्-प्रत्ययान्त
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय) समुच्चयार्थक
एनम्him/it (this one)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्/एनम् (अनाफोरिक-प्रयोग)
अन्येनwith another
अन्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
वस्तिनाwith a bladder; with a (medical) enema-bladder/instrument
वस्तिना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘मूत्राशयः/वस्तिः; (चिकित्सायां) वस्ति-उपकरणम्/वस्ति-क्रिया’
प्राशीःyou split/cleft (it); you pierced
प्राशीः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√शॄ (शृणाति/शृणोति) ‘भेदन-छेदन-विदारण’ (वेदिक-प्रयोगे) + प्र-
येनwith which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय) समुच्चयार्थक
एतम्this (one)
एतम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेformer; earlier
पूर्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राश्नन्they ate/consumed
प्राश्नन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (अश्नाति) ‘भक्षणे’ + प्र-
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic prose unit (variable).
Devata: Ṛṣis/Tradition as legitimating power; Odana as operative medium.
Chandas: Prose.
Mantra Rasa
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