Mantra 1

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ओदनः। (१) तस्यौदनस्य बृहस्पतिः शिरो ब्रह्म मुखम्

IAST Transliteration

odanáḥ | tásya odanásya bṛ́haspátiḥ śíro bráhma múkham ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The odana (rice-porridge): of that odana, Bṛhaspati is the head; brahman is the mouth.

Translation

ओदनः—तस्यौदनस्य बृहस्पतिः शिरः; ब्रह्म मुखम्।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओदनस्य: of the cooked rice/porridge (odana)
• ओदनस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: कर्तृ/विधेय (Subject/predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun (Deity name)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: कर्तृ/विधेय (Predicate nominative: ‘(is) the head’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म: sacred power / brahman
• ब्रह्म: कर्तृ/विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुखम्: mouth
• मुखम्: कर्तृ/विधेय (Predicate nominative: ‘(is) the mouth’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (odana-bandhu section; specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)

Devata: Odana personified; Bṛhaspati; Brahman (sacral speech)

Chandas: Prose/identificatory style (bandhu statement)

Mantra Rasa

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