Mantra 15

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स यन्मनुष्या३ननु व्यचलदग्निर्भूत्वानुव्यऽचलत् स्वाहाकारमन्नादं कृत्वा

IAST Transliteration

sá yán manuṣyā́m̐ ánu vy ácalad agnír bhūtvā́nu vy àcalat svāhā-kā́ram annā́daṁ kṛtvā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When he moved forth along after men, having become Agni he moved forth accordingly, having made the Svāhā-call a food-eater.

Word by Word

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

• यत्: when / as
• यत्: अधिकरण (काल/निमित्त)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम)

• मनुष्याः: humans
• मनुष्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

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

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

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

• स्वाहाकारम्: the utterance ‘svāhā’ / svāhā-call
• स्वाहाकारम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहाकार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्वाहा’ + ‘कार’)

• अन्नादम्: food-eater; eater of food
• अन्नादम्: कर्म (द्वितीयकर्म/परिणाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नाद (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आद ‘eater’)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally treated as brāhmaṇa-style anonymous/collective Atharvanic exposition within AV 15 (often not assigned to a single ṛṣi in the manner of RV hymns).

Devata: Agni (as annāda) and the svāhā-formula personified as efficacious speech.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like brāhmaṇa cadence (AV 15 frequently departs from strict metrical regularity).

Mantra Rasa

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