Atharva Veda 9.7.12: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 12

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्षुत् कु॒क्षिरिरा॑ वनि॒ष्ठुः पर्व॑ताः प्ला॒शयः॑

IAST Transliteration

kṣút kúkhṣir írā vaniṣṭhúḥ párvatāḥ plāśáyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hunger, the belly; refreshment; the bladder; the mountains, and the spleens—(these are assigned their stations).

Translation

क्षुत् कुक्षिरिरा वनिष्ठुः पर्वताः प्लाशयः ॥

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Word by Word

• क्षुत्: hunger
• क्षुत्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुत् (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)

• कुक्षिः: belly, abdomen
• कुक्षिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्षि (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)

• इरा: refreshment; food/nourishment
• इरा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरा (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)

• वनिष्ठुः: (a being/agent called) vaniṣṭhu; a devouring/gnawing one (name/epithet)
• वनिष्ठुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनिष्ठु (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)

• प्लाशयः: (beings/things called) plāśaya; ‘plāśa’-related ones (name/epithet)
• प्लाशयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लाशय (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Internal powers (kṣut/irā) and the embodied cosmos

Chandas: Enumerative (catalogue-style)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta