Mantra 53
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
३४॥ ततश्चैनमन्येन मुखेन प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्
IAST Transliteration
tátas cainam anyéna múkhena prāśī́r yéna ca etáṁ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thereafter thou shalt cause him to eat with another mouth, even that wherewith the seers of old did eat hereof.
Word by Word
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/क्रम-निर्देश) / सम्बन्धसूचक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततस् (प्रातिपदिक) / तद्-तसिल्
चand
च:
(समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
एनम्him/it (this one)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्येनwith another
अन्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
मुखेनwith (the) mouth; by the mouth
मुखेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राशीःyou ate; you consumed
प्राशीः:
(क्रिया) — कर्ता: त्वम् (अध्याहृत)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु
येनwith which; by which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
(समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
एतम्this (one)
एतम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेformer; earlier
पूर्वे:
Kartā (विशेषण) / कर्तृसम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषयःseers; ṛṣis
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राश्नन्ate; consumed
प्राश्नन्:
(क्रिया) — कर्ता: ऋषयः
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु
Attribution
Rishi: Pūrvāḥ ṛṣayaḥ invoked as precedent (not authorship); actual ṛṣi attribution not explicit in excerpt
Devata: Ritual precedent/ṛṣi-tradition; odana as medium
Chandas: Mixed; directive formula with relative clause
Mantra Rasa
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