Atharva Veda 15.8.3: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 3

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि॒शां च॒ वै स सब॑न्धूनां॒ चान्न॑स्य चा॒न्नाद्य॑स्य च प्रि॒यं धाम॑ भवति॒ य ए॒वं वेद॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.8.3

IAST Transliteration

viśā́m ca váí sá sábandhūnā́m cā́nnasya cānnā́dyasya ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He verily becometh a dear and favoured seat among the clans, among the kindred, and in respect of food and the enjoyment of food—whoso thus knoweth.

Translation

Wahrlich, er wird zu einem lieben und begünstigten Sitz unter den Sippen, unter den Verwandten, und auch hinsichtlich der Speise und des Genusses der Speise – wer dies so weiß.

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Word by Word

• विशाम्: of the clans/peoples
• विशाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक: विश्/विशा-)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वै: indeed
• वै: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सः: he/that (person)
• सः: कर्तृ (of भवति)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्बन्धूनाम्: of the relatives/kinsmen
• सम्बन्धूनाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्नस्य: of food
• अन्नस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्नाद्यस्य: of the eater of food / of one who lives on food
• अन्नाद्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अन्नाद्य (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आद्य)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम: abode; seat; dwelling
• धाम: कर्तृ-पूरक (भवति का नामपद/प्रेडिकेट)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (of वेद)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• एवम्: प्रकार (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/collective Atharvanic tradition (Vrātya-kāṇḍa style; not a single named ṛṣi in many recensions)

Devata: Pratiṣṭhā (establishment) / Social body (Viś) as functional ‘deity’ in the prose-like Atharvanic formulation

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (not strict metrical ṛc)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: shringara