Mantra 79

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः

IAST Transliteration

eṣá vā́ odanáḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily, is the rice-mess—complete in every limb, complete in every joint, complete in all the body.

Translation

हा, खरोखरच, ओदन (तांदळाचा शिजवलेला अन्न) आहे—जो सर्व अंगांनी पूर्ण, सर्व सांध्यांनी पूर्ण, आणि सर्व तनू (शरीर) भरून पूर्ण आहे.

Word by Word

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

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

• ओदनः: cooked rice; porridge (odana)
• ओदनः: कर्तृ (एषः … ओदनः = विषय-समनाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाङ्गः: having all limbs; whole-bodied
• सर्वाङ्गः: कर्तृ-समनाधिकरण (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + अङ्ग)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints; complete in joints
• सर्वपरुः: कर्तृ-समनाधिकरण (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + परु/पर्वन् ‘joint’)

• सर्वतनूः: having an entire body; wholly embodied
• सर्वतनूः: कर्तृ-समनाधिकरण (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + तनू ‘body’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in input).

Devata: Anna/Odana as deified nourishment; secondarily Prāṇa sustaining embodiment.

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh-like cadence though transmitted as a compact identification formula.

Mantra Rasa

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