Atharva Veda 15.14.2: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 2

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मन॑सान्ना॒देनान्न॑मत्ति॒ य ए॒वं वेद॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.14.2

IAST Transliteration

mánasānnādéna ánnam átti yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With mind—made a devourer of food—he eateth food, whoso thus knoweth.

Translation

Umysłem - uczynionym pożerającym pokarm - spożywa pokarm, kto tak poznaje.

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Word by Word

• मनसा: by/with the mind
• मनसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्नादेन: by/with the food-eater (i.e., the eater/consumer of food)
• अन्नादेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नाद (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आद ‘eater’)

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

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

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

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: (क्रियाविशेषण/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya/AV 15 tradition (variable attribution).

Devata: Anna (food) / Annāda as functional power; implicitly the bandhu of mind.

Chandas: Prose/short formula (non-metrical or irregular).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta