Mantra 6
Sukta 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अद्भिरन्नादिभिरन्नमत्ति य एवं वेद
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.
Word by Word
अद्भिःwith waters
अद्भिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक: अद्/अप् ‘जल’)
अन्नादिभिःwith food(s)/with food-providers (lit. ‘food etc.’)
अन्नादिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअन्नादि (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आदि ‘food etc.’) अथवा अन्नादिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘food-eater’)
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्तिeats/consumes
अत्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअद् (धातु)
यःhe who
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus/in this manner
एवम्:
(विशेषण/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
वेदknows
वेद:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (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
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