Mantra 157

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

sárvāṅga evá sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ sáṃ bhavati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All-limbed indeed, all-jointed, all-bodied—wholly he becomes, who thus knoweth.

Word by Word

• सर्वाङ्गः: (he) having all limbs; whole-bodied
• सर्वाङ्गः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + अङ्ग)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/segments
• सर्वपरुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + परु ‘joint/limb-segment’)

• सर्वतनूः: having an entire body; wholly-bodied
• सर्वतनूः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तनू ‘body’)

• सम्: together; completely (as verbal prefix)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• भवति: becomes; comes to be
• भवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: As above for AV 11.3 (anukramaṇī confirmation needed).

Devata: Brahman/knowledge; and implicitly odana-totality.

Chandas: Mixed; didactic-ritual prose-verse.

Mantra Rasa

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