Atharva Veda 6.116.1: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 12, Sukta 116, Mantra 1
Sukta 116
मधुमदन्नम्। यद् या॒मं च॒क्रुर्नि॒खन॑न्तो॒ अग्रे॒ कार्षी॑वणा अन्न॒विदो॒ न वि॒द्यया॑ । वै॒व॒स्व॒ते राज॑नि॒ तज्जु॑हो॒म्यथ॑ य॒ज्ञियं॒ मधु॑मदस्तु॒ नोऽन्न॑म्
mádhumad annám | yád yā́maṃ cakrúr níkhananto ágre kā́rṣīvaṇā anna-vidó ná vidyáyā | vaivásvate rā́jani tát juhomy átha yajñíyaṃ mádhumad astu nó ’nnam ||
Honey-sweet be food. What course the ploughmen wrought of old, burying it in front—men who knew food, not by learning—this I offer unto King Vaivasvata; so let our food be sacrificial, honey-sweet.
हमारा खाना मीठा हो, जैसे शहद। जैसे किसान पहले हल चलाते थे और बीज ज़मीन में डाल देते थे। वो लोग खाने के बारे में जानते थे, कोई किताब से नहीं सीखा था। मैं यह सब यम राजा को समर्पित करता हूँ। हमारा खाना अच्छा हो और मीठा हो।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary indices)
Devata: Yama Vaivasvata (as ‘King’ regulating death/decay; invoked for protection of food-life)
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like with anuṣṭubh cadence (opening nominal + extended pādas; meter not strictly regular)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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