Atharva Veda 15.14.1: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 1

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स यत् प्राचीं॒ दिश॒मनु॒ व्यच॑ल॒न्मारु॑तं॒ शर्धो॑ भू॒त्वानु॒व्यचल॒न्मनो॑ऽन्ना॒दं कृ॒त्वा

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.14.1

IAST Transliteration

sá yát prācī́ṃ díśam ánu vyácalat mārutáṃ śárdho bhūtvā́nv-avyácalat máno ’nnādáṃ kṛtvā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When he advanced along the Eastern quarter, he, becoming a Marut-host, advanced on; having made the Mind a devourer of food.

Translation

അവൻ കിഴക്കുദിക്കിനെ അനുഗമിച്ച് മുന്നേറിയപ്പോൾ, മരുৎ-ഗണമായി (മാരുതം ശർധഃ) ആയി മുന്നേറി; മനസ്സിനെ അന്നഭോജിയായി (അന്നാദം) ആക്കി.

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Word by Word

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

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राचीम्: eastern
• प्राचीम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, after
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb/Adverb)
• Root: अनु

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

• मारुतम्: of the Maruts, marut-like
• मारुतम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्धः: host, troop
• शर्धः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अनु: along, after
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb/Adverb)
• Root: अनु

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

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: AV 15 Vratya complex (attribution varies; often treated as Atharvanic/brāhmaṇa tradition rather than a single ṛṣi).

Devata: Maruts / Marut-host; also the deified quarters as ritual domains.

Chandas: Prose/irregular (Brāhmaṇa-like narrative).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta