Mantra 57

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तेनैनं प्राशिषं तेनैनमजीगमम्

IAST Transliteration

téna enaṃ prā́śiṣaṃ téna enam ajīgamam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Therewith I made him eat; therewith I set him a-going (I conveyed him onward).

Word by Word

• तेन: with that; thereby
• तेन: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Indeclinable (pronominal form used adverbially)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him/it
• एनम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययात्मक सर्वनाम (enad-)

• प्राशिषम्: I ate; I partook
• प्राशिषम्: कर्ता (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

• तेन: with that; thereby
• तेन: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Indeclinable (pronominal form used adverbially)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him/it
• एनम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययात्मक सर्वनाम (enad-)

• अजीगमम्: I caused (him/it) to go; I drove/led
• अजीगमम्: कर्ता (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् धातु (गच्छति) with reduplication (intensive/aoristic formation)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not explicit in excerpt)

Devata: Brahman / Odana-efficacy

Chandas: Prose formula

Mantra Rasa

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