Mantra 135

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); he/this
• एषः: कर्तृ (विषय/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

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

• ओदनः: cooked rice; porridge; oblation-food
• ओदनः: कर्तृ/विषयः (एषः … ओदनः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• सर्वतनूः: having all bodies/forms; wholly embodied/entire in body
• सर्वतनूः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + तनू)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Odana as a personified/ritual power of wholeness (annadevata/food-as-healing agent)

Chandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late Atharvanic style; exact meter uncertain from excerpt)

Mantra Rasa

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