Mantra 44

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vā́ odanáḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the boiled rice: all-limbed, all-jointed, of every body-part complete.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Kartā (विषयः/उद्देश्यः)
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: — (निपातार्थः: एव/खलु/नूनम्)
• Type: Indeclinable (Particle)
• Root: वै (निपात)

• ओदनः: cooked rice; porridge (odana)
• ओदनः: Kartā (विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs; whole-bodied
• सर्वाङ्गः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अङ्ग (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः/कर्मधारय-भावः: ‘सर्वाणि अङ्गानि यस्य’)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/knots; complete in every part
• सर्वपरुः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + परु/पर्वन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘सर्वाणि परूणि/पर्वाणि यस्य’)

• सर्वतनूः: having every body/form; wholly embodied
• सर्वतनूः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + तनू (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘सर्वा तनूः/तनवः यस्य’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 11.3)

Devata: Odana as empowered medium; the mantra’s pervasion principle (sarvatva)

Chandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-fragment

Mantra Rasa

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