Mantra 10

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विराजान्नाद्यान्नमत्ति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

virā́jānnādī́ ánnam attí yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He eateth food as the Food-eater by Virāj, who thus hath knowledge.

Word by Word

• वि॒राजा॑: the Virāj (cosmic sovereign/king)
• वि॒राजा॑: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-राज् (प्रातिपदिक: विराज्/विराट्)

• अन्न: food
• अन्न: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

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

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

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

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with the AV 15 vrātya/ekavrātya complex (Anonym/collective Atharvanic tradition; specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Virāj (as metrical-power and cosmic splendour conferring annādya).

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style; not a strict RV metrical stanza (often treated as gāthā-like).

Mantra Rasa

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