Atharva Veda 9.7.16 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 16

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दे॒व॒ज॒ना गुदा॑ मनु॒ष्याऽ आ॒न्त्राण्य॒त्रा उ॒दर॑म्

IAST Transliteration

devajanā́ gudā́ manuṣyā́ ā́ntrāṇy atrá udáram

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Gods’ folk are the lower parts; men are the intestines: here is the belly.

Translation

ദേവജനങ്ങൾ ഗുദം (താഴ്ഭാഗം) ആകുന്നു; മനുഷ്യർ ആന്ത്രങ്ങൾ (കുടലുകൾ) ആകുന്നു; ഇവിടെ ഉദരം (വയറ്) ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• देवजनाः: the divine beings (gods)
• देवजनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• गुदाः: the anus/rectum (as a bodily part)
• गुदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुद (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनुष्याः: human beings
• मनुष्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• आन्त्राणि: intestines
• आन्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• उदरम्: belly/abdomen
• उदरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective in many medical sūktas)

Devata: Anatomical powers / deified bodily functions (implicit); secondarily the healing efficacy of the Atharvanic word

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (short medical formulae; not a strict Ṛgvedic metrical stanza)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta