Mantra 81

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३८॥ ततश्चैनमन्येन व्यचसा प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyéna vyácasā prāśī́r yéna ca etáṃ pū́rve ṛ́ṣayaḥ prā́śnan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter thou didst administer unto him with another pervading spell, even that whereby the seers of old were wont to partake of this.

Translation

其后，你又以另一遍遍行的咒语为他施行；正是凭此，古昔的诸仙人常得以分受此物。

Word by Word

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

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात) अव्यय

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

• अन्येन: with another; by another
• अन्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यचसा: with a garment/covering
• व्यचसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यचस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वस्त्र/आवरण/वेष’ इत्यर्थे)

• प्राशीः: you ate; you consumed
• प्राशीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति ‘to eat’)

• येन: with which; by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात) अव्यय

• एतं: this (one)
• एतं: 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: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (अश्नोति ‘to eat’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa narrative voice (ṛṣi attribution variable).

Devata: Mantra/‘vyacas’ as operative power; ṛṣi-tradition as authority.

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic narration (gadyā tendency).

Mantra Rasa

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