Mantra 28

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पराञ्चं चैनं प्राशीः प्राणास्त्वा हास्यन्तीत्येनमाह

IAST Transliteration

párāñcaṃ caínam prāśī́ḥ prāṇā́s tvā hāsyántī́ty énam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Thou hast eaten it turned outward; the vital breaths will abandon thee,’—so one saith to him.

Word by Word

• पराञ्चम्: turned away; facing away
• पराञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; परा-अञ्च्)

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

• एनम्: him; this one
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रत्ययात्मक सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-रूप)

• प्राशीः: you ate/consumed
• प्राशीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (अश्नोति) + प्र-

• प्राणाः: the vital breaths; life-forces
• प्राणाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• हास्यन्ति: will laugh (at)
• हास्यन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस् (हसति)

• इति: thus; ‘…’ (quotative)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एनम्: him; this one
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्/एनद्-रूप)

• आह: said
• आह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (ब्रू-अर्थे; आह = परोक्ष/परिपूर्ण-वचन)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Prāṇa (personified vital power)

Chandas: Prose/ritual formula

Mantra Rasa

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