Mantra 144
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
४७॥ ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यां हस्ताभ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्
IAST Transliteration
tátas cainam anyā́bhyāṁ hástābhyāṁ prāśī́r yā́bhyāṁ ca etáṁ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thereafter, with the other two hands I fed him—those wherewith the seers of old did eat of this.
Word by Word
ततःthereupon; then
ततः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ततस् (अव्यय) रूप
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात) अव्यय
एनम्him/it (this one)
एनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एन (अनादेश)
अन्याभ्याम्with two other (ones)
अन्याभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
हस्ताभ्याम्with (two) hands
हस्ताभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राशीःyou ate; you consumed
प्राशीः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (अश्नोति) ‘to eat’ + प्र-
याभ्याम्with which two
याभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात) अव्यय
एतम्this (one)
एतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेformer; earlier
पूर्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राश्नन्they ate; they consumed
प्राश्नन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (अश्नोति) ‘to eat’ + प्र-
Attribution
Rishi: Pūrve ṛṣayaḥ invoked as paradigmatic authorities (explicitly mentioned)
Devata: Ritual efficacy grounded in ṛṣi-tradition; odana as dravya-devatā (implicit)
Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic formula with narrative sequencing
Mantra Rasa
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