Mantra 101

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

sárvāṅga evá sárvaparúḥ sárvatanū́ḥ sáṃ bhavati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Complete in every limb—yea, complete in every joint, complete in the whole body—he comes wholly to be, who knoweth thus.

Translation

凡肢体悉皆圆满——凡关节悉皆圆满，通身悉皆圆满——知此如是者，得以全然成就。

Word by Word

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

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• सर्वपरुः: having all joints; complete in joints
• सर्वपरुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपरु (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + परु ‘joint/knuckle’)

• सर्वतनूः: having the whole body; complete-bodied
• सर्वतनूः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वतनू (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तनू ‘body’)

• सम्: together; completely (as preverb)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भवति: becomes; comes to be
• भवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

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

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (वेद)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Wholeness (sarvāṅgatā) as realized through brahmavidyā/ritual knowledge

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-style

Mantra Rasa

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