Mantra 114

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vā́ odanáḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the rice-porridge—complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in all the body.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: कर्तृ (विषयः/उद्देश्यः) — ‘यह’ (उदनः) के लिए संकेत
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात) अव्यय

• ओदनः: cooked rice, porridge
• ओदनः: कर्तृ (विषयः) — विशेषणानां आश्रयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘पका हुआ अन्न/भात’

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs/parts; complete in all parts
• सर्वाङ्गः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अङ्ग (समास-प्रातिपदिक) ‘सर्व-अङ्ग’

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/knots; complete in articulations
• सर्वपरुः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + परु (समास-प्रातिपदिक) ‘सर्व-परु’

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

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified by anukramaṇī for AVŚ 11.3.

Devata: Odana as empowered substance; implicitly brahman and the principle of bodily wholeness (sarvatā).

Chandas: Prose-like or loosely anuṣṭubh; secure identification requires full hymn context.

Mantra Rasa

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