Mantra 67

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३६॥ ततश्चैनमन्यैर्दन्तैः प्राशीर्यैश्चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas ca enam anyáir dantáiḥ prāśī́r yáiś ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with other teeth thou shalt eat him—even with those wherewith the seers of old did eat this (food).

Translation

其后，你当以别的牙齿来食用他——正是以那些牙齿，古昔的仙圣（ṛṣi）曾食此（食物）。

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• एनम्: him/it (this one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्यैः: with other
• अन्यैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दन्तैः: with teeth
• दन्तैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• यैः: with which (ones)
• यैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• एतम्: this (one)
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic prose tradition.

Devata: Vital renewal through consecrated eating; implicitly Āyuṣ (life) and Puṣṭi.

Chandas: Prose.

Mantra Rasa

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