Atharva Veda 15.14.8: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 8

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आहु॑त्यान्ना॒द्यान्न॑मत्ति॒ य ए॒वं वेद॑

IAST Transliteration

āhútyā ’nnā́dyā́nnam atti yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By the oblation—made a food-eater—he eats food, who thus hath knowledge.

Translation

ആഹുതിയാൽ—അന്നഭോക്താവാക്കി—അവൻ അന്നം ഭുജിക്കുന്നു; ഇങ്ങനെ അറിയുന്നവൻ.

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Word by Word

• आहुत्यात्: from the oblation (from offering)
• आहुत्यात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-हु (धातु) → आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्नाद्यात्: from food / from edible provisions
• अन्नाद्यात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नाद्य (प्रातिपदिक) < अन्न + अद्य (खाद्य)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्ति: eats / consumes
• अत्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: (विशेषणार्थे/प्रकारवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; not singled out here

Devata: Āhuti as empowered instrument; Soma implied from preceding verse

Chandas: Prose / formulaic phala sentence

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta