Mantra 46

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३३॥ ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यामक्षीभ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyā́bhyām akṣī́bhyāṃ prāśī́r yā́bhyāṃ ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter with other eyes thou didst consume him—those very eyes wherewith the seers of old did eat of this.

Translation

其后，你以另一双眼吞食了他——正是那双眼，古昔的仙人们曾以之食用此物。

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्) अव्यय

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• अन्याभ्याम्: with two other (ones)
• अन्याभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• अक्षीभ्याम्: with (two) eyes
• अक्षीभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

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

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt alone (embedded narrative voice).

Devata: Cakṣus (Sight) / ritualized vision; r̥ṣi-authority as legitimating power.

Chandas: Prose (Brāhmaṇa-like narrative diction).

Mantra Rasa

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