Mantra 123

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४४॥ ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यामष्ठीवद्भ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyā́bhyām aṣṭhīvádbhyāṃ prāśī́r yā́bhyāṃ ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with other twain, with the two that have bones, thou shalt make him eat—wherewith, moreover, the seers of old did eat this (portion).

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon; then
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (प्रातिपदिक) / तद्-तसिल्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• एनम्: him/it (this one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्-श्रुति

• अन्याभ्याम्: with two other (fem.) [things/means]
• अन्याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अष्ठीवद्भ्याम्: with two that are ‘bone-like’/having bones (i.e., bony implements)
• अष्ठीवद्भ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ठीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अष्ठी’ + वत्)

• प्राशीः: you ate; you consumed
• प्राशीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नोति) उपसर्गः प्र-

• याभ्याम्: with which two
• याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वे: former; earlier
• पूर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषयः: seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राश्नन्: they ate; they consumed
• प्राश्नन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नोति) उपसर्गः प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (to be verified via Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Odana in a strengthening (‘bone’) aspect; ṛṣi-precedent as legitimating force

Chandas: Mixed/prose-leaning ritual diction (to be confirmed)

Mantra Rasa

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