Mantra 67
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
३६॥ ततश्चैनमन्यैर्दन्तैः प्राशीर्यैश्चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्
IAST Transliteration
tátas ca enam anyáir dantáiḥ prāśī́r yáiś ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thereafter, with other teeth thou shalt eat him—even with those wherewith the seers of old did eat this (food).
Translation
そののち、汝はほかの歯で彼を食せよ――まさにその歯によって、いにしえのリシ（ṛṣi、聖仙）たちはこの（食）を食した。
Word by Word
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एनम्him/it (this one)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यैःwith other
अन्यैः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
दन्तैःwith teeth
दन्तैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राशीःyou ate; you consumed
प्राशीः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु
यैःwith which (ones)
यैः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एतम्this (one)
एतम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेformer; earlier
पूर्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राश्नन्they ate; they consumed
प्राश्नन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic prose tradition.
Devata: Vital renewal through consecrated eating; implicitly Āyuṣ (life) and Puṣṭi.
Chandas: Prose.
Mantra Rasa
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