Mantra 14
Sukta 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स्वधाकारेणान्नादेनान्नमत्ति य एवं वेद
IAST Transliteration
svadhākāréṇānnādéna ánnam attí yá eváṃ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
He eateth food by the Svadhā-call, the Food-eater, who thus hath knowledge.
Translation
य एतद्वेद स स्वधाकारॆण अन्नादेन अन्नमत्ति।
Word by Word
स्वधाकारॆणby the स्वधाकार (the utterance ‘svadhā!’ / svadhā-formula)
स्वधाकारॆण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधाकार (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्नादेनas/with the food-eater; by the eater of food
अन्नादेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअन्नाद (प्रातिपदिक: अन्न + आद ‘eater’)
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्तिeats
अत्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअद् (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus; in this manner
एवम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
वेदknows
वेद:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (sectional attribution variable).
Devata: Svadhā (personified), Pitṛs (implicit).
Chandas: Atharvanic gāthā/prose cadence.
Mantra Rasa
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