Atharva Veda 15.14.7: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 7

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स यदुदी॑चीं॒ दिश॒मनु॒ व्यच॑ल॒द् सोमो॒ राजा॑ भू॒त्वानु॒व्यऽचलत् सप्त॒र्षिभि॑र्हु॒त आहु॑तिमन्ना॒दीं कृ॒त्वा

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.14.7

IAST Transliteration

sá yád udī́cīṃ díśam ánu ví acalat sómo rā́jā bhūtvā́nu ví ’calat saptár̥ṣibhir hutá āhútiṃ ’nnādī́ṃ kṛtvā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When he moved forth following the northern quarter, Soma, having become King, moved forth thereafter, having—by the Seven Ṛṣis—been offered, and having made the oblation a food-eater.

Translation

حين مضى متقدّمًا على أثر الجهة الشمالية، صار سوما ملكًا، ثم مضى بعد ذلك، وقد قُدِّمَت له القُربانُ على يد السبع رِشيّات (Ṛṣis)، وجعل الأُضحية (āhuti) آكلةً للطعام.

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Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स

• यत्: when/that
• यत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम)

• उदीचीम्: the northern
• उदीचीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदीची (दिश्-विशेषः) प्रातिपदिक

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक: दिश्)

• अनु: along, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• व्यचलत्: moved, proceeded
• व्यचलत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु)

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Kartā (सामानाधिकरण्ये) / Predicative
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: — (पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया)
• Type: Verbal derivative
• Root: भू (धातु)

• अनुव्यचलत्: followed along, moved after
• अनुव्यचलत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु)

• सप्तर्षिभिः: by/with the seven seers
• सप्तर्षिभिः: Karaṇa / Sahakārī
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तऋषि (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतः: (one) who is offered/sacrificed
• हुतः: Kartā (सामानाधिकरण्ये) / Predicative
• Type: Participle
• Root: हु (धातु) / √हु → हुत (कृदन्त)

• आहुतिमत्: possessing oblations
• आहुतिमत्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहुति + मतुप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्नादीम्: food-supplying (nourishing) [power/condition]
• अन्नादीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अन्नादिन् (प्रातिपदिक) → अन्नादी (स्त्री)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: — (पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया)
• Type: Verbal derivative
• Root: कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Seven Ṛṣis invoked as ritual authorities; specific single ṛṣi not foregrounded

Devata: Soma (as Raja); ancillary: Saptarṣi authority; āhuti as empowered object

Chandas: Prose / brāhmaṇa-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta