Opening the text
Sukta 14
स यत् प्र॒तीचीं॒ दिश॒मनु॒ व्यच॑ल॒द् वरु॑णो॒ राजा॑ भू॒त्वानु॒व्यऽचलद॒पोऽन्ना॒दीः कृ॒त्वा
sá yát pratī́cīṃ díśam ánu ví acalat váruṇo rā́jā bhūtvā́nu ví ’calad ápo ’nnādī́ḥ kṛtvā́
When he moved forth following the western quarter, Varuṇa, having become King, moved forth thereafter, having made the Waters to be food-eaters.
Apabila ia bergerak maju menurut penjuru barat, Varuṇa, setelah menjadi Raja, bergerak maju sesudah itu, setelah menjadikan Air (Āpas) sebagai pemakan makanan.
Rishi: Traditionally treated as Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa-style prose unit within AV 15; specific ṛṣi attribution is not prominent for this segment.
Devata: Varuṇa (as Raja) and Apas (Waters) as empowered medium
Chandas: Prose / brāhmaṇa-like rhythmic prose (not a fixed metrical chandas)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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.