Mantra 2
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स विशः सबन्धूनन्नमन्नाद्यमभ्युदतिष्ठत्
IAST Transliteration
sá víśaḥ sá-bandhūn ánnam annā́dyam abhy ùd átiṣṭhat
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
He stood over the People with their kinsmen, over Food and Food-enjoyment.
Word by Word
सःhe / that (person)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विशःthe clans/people
विशः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक) / विश् (जनसमूहः, प्रजा)
सबन्धून्(his) kinsmen/relatives
सबन्धून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसबन्धु (प्रातिपदिक; स- + बन्धु)
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्नाद्यम्food and sustenance / that which is to be eaten
अन्नाद्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअन्नाद्य (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आद्य ‘eating/food-taking’)
अभ्युदतिष्ठत्stood up over/rose up; arose (towards/above)
अभ्युदतिष्ठत्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) with उपसर्गः अभि + उद्
Attribution
Rishi: Late Atharvanic social-theological tradition (variable).
Devata: Rājanya/kingly power; implicitly Viś and Anna as domains of rule.
Chandas: Late/mixed; brāhmaṇa-like diction.
Mantra Rasa
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