Mantra 78
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तैरेनं प्राशिषं तैरेनमजीगमम्
IAST Transliteration
taírenam prā́śiṣaṃ táirenam ajīgamam
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
With those I made him eat; with those I made him go forth (upon his course).
Word by Word
तैःby/with those
तैः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्/एतद्-प्रत्ययात्मक सर्वनाम (एनद्-श्रुति)
प्राशिषम्I ate/partook
प्राशिषम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश् (धातु: अश् ‘भक्षणे’)
तैःby/with those
तैः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्/एतद्-प्रत्ययात्मक सर्वनाम (एनद्-श्रुति)
अजीगमम्I made (him) go / I led (him)
अजीगमम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु: गम् ‘गतौ’) with reduplication (अजि-गम्)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in input).
Devata: Prāṇa/Apāna empowered by Saptaṛṣi authority; pragmatically also Anna (food) as emergent focus.
Chandas: Formulaic, likely anuṣṭubh-fragment in transmission; here presented as a compact ritual sentence.
Mantra Rasa
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