Atharva Veda 15.14.6: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 6

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒द्भिर॑न्ना॒दिभि॒रन्न॑मत्ति॒ य ए॒वं वेद॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.14.6

IAST Transliteration

adbhír annādíbhír ánnam atti yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the Waters, with the food-eaters, he eats food—who thus hath knowledge.

Translation

Mit den Wassern, den Speiseverzehrern, verzehrt er Speise — wer es so weiß.

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Word by Word

• अद्भिः: with waters
• अद्भिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक: अद्/अप् ‘जल’)

• अन्नादिभिः: with food(s)/with food-providers (lit. ‘food etc.’)
• अन्नादिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अन्नादि (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आदि ‘food etc.’) अथवा अन्नादिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘food-eater’)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्ति: eats/consumes
• अत्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)

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

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: (विशेषण/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; not individually foregrounded here

Devata: Apas (Waters) as instrument; implicit annā (food) as goal

Chandas: Prose / short rhythmic sentence (not a fixed metrical chandas)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta