Mantra 81
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
३८॥ ततश्चैनमन्येन व्यचसा प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्
IAST Transliteration
tátas cainam anyéna vyácasā prāśī́r yéna ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thereafter thou didst administer unto him with another pervading spell, even that whereby the seers of old were wont to partake of this.
Word by Word
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय) अथवा तस्-प्रत्ययान्त
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात) अव्यय
एनम्him/it (this one)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्/एनम्-रूप
अन्येनwith another; by another
अन्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
व्यचसाwith a garment/covering
व्यचसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootव्यचस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वस्त्र/आवरण/वेष’ इत्यर्थे)
प्राशीःyou ate; you consumed
प्राशीः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश् (अश्नोति ‘to eat’)
येनwith which; by which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात) अव्यय
एतंthis (one)
एतं:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेformer; earlier
पूर्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राश्नन्they ate; they consumed
प्राश्नन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश् (अश्नोति ‘to eat’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa narrative voice (ṛṣi attribution variable).
Devata: Mantra/‘vyacas’ as operative power; ṛṣi-tradition as authority.
Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic narration (gadyā tendency).
Mantra Rasa
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