Mantra 88

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

३९॥ ततश्चैनमन्येन पृष्ठेन प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन्

IAST Transliteration

tátas cainam anyéna pṛṣṭhéna prāśī́r yéna caítáṁ pūrvé ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāśnán

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereafter, with another (serving), with the back (side), shalt thou cause him to partake—wherewith the seers of old did partake of this.

Translation

其后，当以另一面、以背侧使他来领受——正是凭此，古昔诸仙圣曾领受此物。

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• पृष्ठेन: with the back; with the upper/back side
• पृष्ठेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राशीः: you ate; you consumed
• प्राशीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (भक्षणे) उपसर्गः प्र-

• येन: with which; by which
• येन: 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: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (भक्षणे) उपसर्गः प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (to be confirmed by Anukramaṇī for 11.3.88)

Devata: R̥ṣi-precedent / Odana rite (procedural sanctity rather than a single deity)

Chandas: Prose-like instructional mantra (meter secondary)

Mantra Rasa

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