Mantra 39

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३२॥ ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यां श्रोत्राभ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyā́bhyāṁ śrótrābhyāṁ prāśī́r yā́bhyāṁ ca etáṁ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with the other two—namely, with the two ears—do thou cause him to partake; with which (two) the seers of old partook of this.

Word by Word

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

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एनम्: him; this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्याभ्याम्: with the other two
• अन्याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्राभ्याम्: with (his) two ears
• श्रोत्राभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राशीः: you ate; you consumed
• प्राशीः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

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

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वे: former; ancient
• पूर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषयः: seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राश्नन्: they ate; they consumed
• प्राश्नन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: ‘Former ṛṣis’ invoked as authoritative exemplars; specific seer not determinable from excerpt.

Devata: Ritual efficacy grounded in ṛṣi-precedent; sensory organ (śrotra) as functional locus.

Chandas: Prose (instructional/ritual rubric embedded in mantra-text).

Mantra Rasa

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