Mantra 16
Sukta 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स्वाहाकारेणान्नादेनान्नमत्ति य एवं वेद
IAST Transliteration
svāhā-kāréṇānnā́denānnám atti yá eváṁ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
By the Svāhā-call, by the food-eater, he eats food—who knoweth thus.
Word by Word
स्वाहाकारॆणby/with the utterance ‘svāhā’ (svāhā-call)
स्वाहाकारॆण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्वाहाकार (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्नादेनby/with the food-eater (the eater of food)
अन्नादेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअन्नाद (प्रातिपदिक: अन्न + आद ‘eater’)
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्तिeats
अत्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअद् (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धः—यः… सः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
वेदknows
वेद:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Anonymous/Brāhmaṇa-style Atharvanic exposition (AV 15).
Devata: Svāhā (as ritual speech) / Agni as implicit annāda.
Chandas: Formulaic refrain; prose-like cadence.
Mantra Rasa
{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_arc":"Simple assurance → quiet satisfaction.","listener_experience":"A grounded confidence that one will be fed and sustained.","intensity":3}