Mantra 137

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४६॥ ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यां प्रपदाभ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas caínam anyā́bhyāṃ prá-padābhyāṃ prá-āśī́r-yābhyāṃ ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prá-aśnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with two other steps, with two benedictions also, this did the seers of old partake.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय) अथवा तस्मात्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• अन्याभ्याम्: with two other (ones)
• अन्याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रपदाभ्याम्: with (his) two forefeet/steps
• प्रपदाभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘forefoot/step’)

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

• याभ्याम्: with which two
• याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (Relative pronoun)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (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: ate; consumed
• प्राश्नन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नोति) उपसर्ग: प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi not specified in the provided excerpt; verse itself references ‘former ṛṣis’)

Devata: Ṛṣi-tradition/precedent; blessing (āśīs) as operative power

Chandas: Prose-like narrative (exact meter uncertain)

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_arc":"From careful preparation to confident participation in an ancestral rite.","listener_experience":"A sense of being guided step-by-step under the protection of tradition.","intensity":3}