Atharva Veda 15.14.9: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 9
Sukta 14
स यद् ध्रु॒वां दिश॒मनु॒ व्यच॑ल॒द् विष्णु॑र्भू॒त्वानु॒व्यऽचलद् वि॒राज॑मन्ना॒दीं कृ॒त्वा
sá yád dhrúvāṃ díśam ánu ví acalat víṣṇur bhūtvā́nu ví ’calad virā́jam annādī́ṃ kṛtvā́
When he moved forth following the steadfast quarter, having become Viṣṇu he moved forth thereafter, having made Virāj a food-eater.
അവൻ ധ്രുവദിശയെ അനുഗമിച്ച് മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങിയപ്പോൾ, വിഷ്ണുവായി അവൻ പിന്നെയും മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങി; വിരാജിനെ അന്നഭോക്താവാക്കി.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; not singled out in this prose unit
Devata: Viṣṇu; Virāj as personified/metrological power
Chandas: Prose (with explicit reference to Virāj as metrical principle rather than meter of the line)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Atharva Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.