Atharva Veda 15.13.14: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 14

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्या॑मे॒वास्य॒ तद् दे॒वता॑यां हु॒तं भ॑वति॒ य ए॒वं वेद॑

IAST Transliteration

tásyām evā́sya tád devátāyāṃ hutáṃ bhávati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In that very Deity, for him, that offering is truly offered and comes to effect—whoso thus knoweth.

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Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in that (goddess/that one)
• तस्याम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तस्- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-आधार)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्मद्/इदम्-प्रयोगः

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (अर्थतः: ‘that (oblation/act)’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवतायाम्: in/with regard to the deity
• देवतायाम्: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतम्: offered (as oblation)
• हुतम्: कर्म (यज्ञकर्मणि: ‘offered’)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: हु (धातु) → हुत (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: — (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (यः…वेद)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: — (यः…वेद इति उपवाक्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Vratya/Brāhmaṇa-style Atharvanic teachers (AV 15 complex); specific ṛṣi attribution varies in ancillary tradition.

Devata: Devatā as such (the intended recipient-deity of the oblation).

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-like formula (not a regular metrical ṛc).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta