Mantra 120

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ताभ्यामेनं प्राशिषं ताभ्यामेनमजीगमम्

IAST Transliteration

tā́bhyām enaṁ prā́śiṣaṁ tā́bhyām enam ajīgamam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With those twain I made him eat; with those twain I made him go forth (to his appointed condition).

Word by Word

• ताभ्याम्: with those two (f.)
• ताभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ता- (स्त्री.)

• एनम्: him / this one
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्/एनम् (प्रयोगरूप)

• प्राशिषम्: I caused (him) to eat / I fed
• प्राशिषम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

• ताभ्याम्: with those two (f.)
• ताभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ता- (स्त्री.)

• एनम्: him / this one
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्/एनम् (प्रयोगरूप)

• अजीगमम्: I caused (him) to go / I led
• अजीगमम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् धातु (गच्छति) — causative stem गमय-/गामय-; reduplicated aorist

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for AVŚ 11.3 to be verified against Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Odana / consecrated food as efficacious agent (implicit); also the rite’s own ‘wholeness’ power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (prose-leaning ritual diction; meter to be confirmed by pada count)

Mantra Rasa

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