Mantra 20
Sukta 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
मन्युनान्नादेनान्नमत्ति य एवं वेद
IAST Transliteration
manyúnā́n nādénānnam atti yá eváṃ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
By Wrath, as Food-eater, he eateth food—he who thus knoweth.
Word by Word
मन्युनाby/with wrath (anger)
मन्युना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्नादेनby/with the food-eater (devourer)
अन्नादेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअन्नाद (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आद ‘eater’)
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्तिeats/devours
अत्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअद् (धातु)
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
वेदknows
वेद:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Traditionally Prajāpati/Brāhmaṇa-style theology (AV 15 is markedly speculative); specific ṛṣi attribution is often generalized in this kanda.
Devata: Manyu as power; Annāda (Food-eater) as functional deity-principle.
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic brāhmaṇa-style cadence; not a strict classical meter.
Mantra Rasa
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