Mantra 59

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

sárvāṅga evá sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ sáṃ bhavati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All-limbed, even so, all-jointed, of entire body—whole he becomes, who thus knoweth.

Word by Word

• सर्वाङ्गः: whole-limbed; having all limbs
• सर्वाङ्गः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + अङ्ग)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints; complete in joints
• सर्वपरुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + परु ‘joint/knuckle’)

• सर्वतनूः: having the whole body; complete-bodied
• सर्वतनूः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तनू ‘body’)

• सम्: together; completely (prefix to the verb)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb)
• Root: सम्

• भवति: becomes; comes to be
• भवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (वेद)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not explicit in excerpt)

Devata: Brahman/Knowledge (vidyā) as efficacious principle; Odana as medium

Chandas: Prose formula

Mantra Rasa

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