Mantra 65

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vá ódanaḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the odaná: complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in the whole body.

Word by Word

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

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: — (सम्बोधन/निश्चयार्थ-निपातः)
• Type: Indeclinable (Particle)
• Root: वै (निपात)

• ओदनः: cooked rice; rice-porridge (food offering)
• ओदनः: Kartā (एषः इत्यस्य विशेष्यः/समनाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs/parts; complete in all parts
• सर्वाङ्गः: Kartā (समनाधिकरण-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + अङ्ग)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/segments; complete in every joint
• सर्वपरुः: Kartā (समनाधिकरण-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + परु/पर्वन् ‘joint, knot’)

• सर्वतनूः: having the whole body/substance; wholly embodied
• सर्वतनूः: Kartā (समनाधिकरण-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तनू ‘body, substance’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa-style prose tradition (as transmitted in AVŚ 11.3; specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Odaná (ritual food) as efficacious totality; implicitly Puṣṭi (nourishment/wholeness).

Chandas: Prose (brāhmaṇa-like), not a strict metrical chandas.

Mantra Rasa

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