Mantra 144

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४७॥ ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यां हस्ताभ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyā́bhyāṁ hástābhyāṁ prāśī́r yā́bhyāṁ ca etáṁ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with the other two hands I fed him—those wherewith the seers of old did eat of this.

Translation

ਫਿਰ, ਹੋਰ ਦੋ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਖਵਾਇਆ—ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਪੁਰਾਤਨ ਰਿਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਭੋਜਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon; then
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ततस् (अव्यय) रूप

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात) अव्यय

• एनम्: him/it (this one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एन (अनादेश)

• अन्याभ्याम्: with two other (ones)
• अन्याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• हस्ताभ्याम्: with (two) hands
• हस्ताभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राशीः: you ate; you consumed
• प्राशीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नोति) ‘to eat’ + प्र-

• याभ्याम्: with which two
• याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात) अव्यय

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वे: former; earlier
• पूर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषयः: seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राश्नन्: they ate; they consumed
• प्राश्नन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नोति) ‘to eat’ + प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Pūrve ṛṣayaḥ invoked as paradigmatic authorities (explicitly mentioned)

Devata: Ritual efficacy grounded in ṛṣi-tradition; odana as dravya-devatā (implicit)

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic formula with narrative sequencing

Mantra Rasa

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