Mantra 95

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४०॥ ततश्चैनमन्येनोरसा प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas caínam anyénórasā prāśī́r yéna ca etáṃ pū́rva ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter with another breast thou didst cause him to partake, even with that whereby the ancient Seers partook of this same.

Translation

Затем иным сосцом ты дал ему вкусить — тем самым, которым древние Риши вкушали это же.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• अन्येन: with another
• अन्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• उरसा: with (the) chest/breast
• उरसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राशीः: you ate; you consumed
• प्राशीः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

• येन: with which; by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• एतम्: this (one); him/it
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Pronoun)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• प्राश्नन्: they ate; they consumed
• प्राश्नन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛṣi-tradition invoked collectively (pūrvā ṛṣayaḥ); specific seer not explicit in this verse-fragment.

Devata: Not explicit; efficacy grounded in ṛṣi-precedent and the charged act (karman).

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-like Atharvanic diction (not a regular metrical pāda in this fragmentary citation).

Mantra Rasa

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