Mantra 74

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३७॥ ततश्चैनमन्यैः प्राणापानैः प्राशीर्यैश्चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyáiḥ prāṇāpānáiḥ prāśī́r yáiś ca etáṁ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with other breaths—in-breath and out-breath—eat thou him, even with those wherewith the seers of old did eat this.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्ययीभाव/तसिल्)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एनम्: him; it
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्यैः: with other
• अन्यैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणापानैः: with the in-breath and out-breath (vital airs)
• प्राणापानैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण + अपान (प्रातिपदिक-द्वन्द्वः)

• प्राशीर्यैः: may (he/it) be shattered/crushed
• प्राशीर्यैः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √शॄ (शॄ/शॢ) ‘to break, shatter, crush’

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एतम्: this (one); him/it
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वे: former; earlier
• पूर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषयः: seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राश्नन्: ate; consumed
• प्राश्नन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √अश् ‘to eat, consume’

Attribution

Rishi: ‘Former ṛṣis’ invoked; specific seer not explicit in excerpt

Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna (vital airs) as operative powers; Anna/Odana as medium

Chandas: Prose-like ritual sentence

Mantra Rasa

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