Mantra 4

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः शतौदनां पचति कामप्रेण स कल्पते । प्रीता ह्यऽस्यर्त्विजः सर्वे यन्ति यथायथम्

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ śatā́udanāṁ pácati kāmápreṇa sá kálpate | prītā́ hí ’syá r̥tvíjaḥ sárve yánti yáthā-yatham

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso cooketh the Hundred-odana with desire’s incitement, he is made successful: for, well-pleased, all his priests go each to his place in ordered wise.

Translation

Ai nấu ‘Śatāudana’ (bách odana, cơm cúng trăm phần) do sự thôi thúc của dục nguyện, người ấy được thành tựu; vì các tế quan (ṛtvij) của người ấy đều hoan hỷ, mỗi người đi về đúng vị trí của mình theo trật tự.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शतौदनानाम्: of (many) hundred-porridge offerings
• शतौदनानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतौदन (प्रातिपदिक; शत + ओदन)

• पचति: cooks, prepares
• पचति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (पचँ)

• कामप्रेण: with desire/according to wish (as motive)
• कामप्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (instrumental qualifier)
• Root: कामप्र (प्रातिपदिक; काम + प्र)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पते: is fit/succeeds, becomes effective
• कल्पते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (कॢपँ) / √कल्प् (कल्पँ) (वैदिक प्रयोग)

• प्रीताः: pleased
• प्रीताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्री ‘to please’ का क्त)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: (सम्बन्ध/हेतु-निर्देशक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• अस्य: of him, his
• अस्य: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋत्विजः: the priests (ṛtvij-s)
• ऋत्विजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यन्ति: go, proceed
• यन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (या॒)

• यथा: as, according as
• यथा: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• यथम्: in due order / each in his proper way
• यथम्: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथम् (वैदिक अव्यय; ‘यथावत्/यथायथम्’ अर्थे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Aṅgiras/Atharvan-type seer; hymn ascribed within AV ritual corpus rather than a single named ṛṣi in many listings)

Devata: Śatāudana/Anna (food as merit-bearing offering); implicitly Agni and the ṛtvijas as efficacy-mediators

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant)

Mantra Rasa

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