Mantra 5

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स यत् प्रतीचीं दिशमनु व्यचलद् वरुणो राजा भूत्वानुव्यऽचलदपोऽन्नादीः कृत्वा

IAST Transliteration

sá yát pratī́cīṃ díśam ánu ví acalat váruṇo rā́jā bhūtvā́nu ví ’calad ápo ’nnādī́ḥ kṛtvā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When he moved forth following the western quarter, Varuṇa, having become King, moved forth thereafter, having made the Waters to be food-eaters.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (correlative) / Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यत् (अव्यय)

• प्रतीचीम्: westward / the western
• प्रतीचीम्: कर्म (गमनस्य) / अधिकरण-निर्देश (दिशा)
• Type: Adjective (directional)
• Root: प्रतीची (प्रातिपदिक) < प्रति + अञ्च् (दिशा-वाचक)

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: कर्म (गमनस्य) / अधिकरण-निर्देश
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along/after
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• व्यचलत्: moved forth / proceeded
• व्यचलत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: कर्तृ (व्यचलत्) / समानाधिकरणम् सः
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• राजा: king
• राजा: कर्तृ / समानाधिकरणम् (वरुणः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: — (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verbal derivative
• Root: भू (धातु)

• अनुव्यचलत्: then moved along / followed in motion
• अनुव्यचलत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु) + अनु + वि (उपसर्गौ)

• अपः: the waters
• अपः: कर्म (कृत्वा) / कर्म (निर्माण-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्नादीः: food-eating / food-consuming (as consumers of food)
• अन्नादीः: कर्म (कृत्वा) / विधेय-विशेषणम् (अपः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अन्नादिन् (प्रातिपदिक) < अन्न + अद् (to eat) + इन्

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: — (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verbal derivative
• Root: कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally treated as Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa-style prose unit within AV 15; specific ṛṣi attribution is not prominent for this segment.

Devata: Varuṇa (as Raja) and Apas (Waters) as empowered medium

Chandas: Prose / brāhmaṇa-like rhythmic prose (not a fixed metrical chandas)

Mantra Rasa

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