Mantra 128

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vā ódanaḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, the odana is all-limbed, all-jointed, of entire body.

Translation

हा, खरोखरच, ओदन (शिजविलेले अन्न) सर्वांग, सर्व-परु (सर्व सांध्यांनी युक्त), सर्वतनु (संपूर्ण देहयुक्त) आहे.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: कर्तृ (विषयः/उद्देश्यः) अथवा विशेष्यः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• ओदनः: cooked rice; porridge (odana)
• ओदनः: कर्तृ (वाक्यस्य विषयः) / विशेष्यः
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs/parts; complete in all parts
• सर्वाङ्गः: — (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + अङ्ग)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints/segments; complete in every joint
• सर्वपरुः: — (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + परु ‘joint, knot, limb-segment’)

• सर्वतनूः: having the whole body; wholly embodied/complete in body
• सर्वतनूः: — (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तनू ‘body, frame’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (composite)

Devata: Odana as personified/ritualized healing medium (and, by extension, Tvaṣṭṛ’s formative completeness)

Chandas: Incantatory prose-verse

Mantra Rasa

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