Mantra 29

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रत्यञ्चं चैनं प्राशीरपानास्त्वा हास्यन्तीत्येनमाह

IAST Transliteration

pratyáñcaṃ caínam prāśī́r apānā́s tvā hāsyántī́ty énam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Thou hast eaten it turned toward thee; the downward breaths will abandon thee,’—so one saith to him.

Translation

「汝はそれを己に向けて食した。下行の気（apāna）は汝を捨て去るであろう」——人は彼にかく告げる。

Word by Word

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: turned back; facing backward (as object)
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) < प्रति + अञ्च्

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

• एनम्: him/this (one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: एनद्/एतद्-श्रुति)

• प्राशीः: you ate / you should eat (aorist injunctive sense)
• प्राशीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

• अपानाः: the apānas (downward breaths/vital airs)
• अपानाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• ह: indeed; surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अस्यन्ति: they throw / cast
• अस्यन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (क्षेपणे) धातु

• इति: thus
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एनम्: him/this (one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: एनद्/एतद्-श्रुति)

• आह: he said
• आह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (उक्तौ) — परम्परया √अह् (आह)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Apāna (personified vital power)

Chandas: Prose/ritual formula

Mantra Rasa

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