Atharva Veda 15.7.4: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 4

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं श्र॒द्धा च॑ य॒ज्ञश्च॑ लो॒कश्चान्नं॑ चा॒न्नाद्यं॑ च भू॒त्वाभि॑प॒र्याव॑र्तन्त

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.7.4

IAST Transliteration

táṁ śraddhā́ ca yajñáś ca lokáś cānnáṁ cānnā́dyaṁ ca bhūtvā́bhi páry ā́vartanta

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Faith and Sacrifice, and World, and Food, and Food-enjoyment—becoming these—encompass him round about.

Translation

శ్రద్ధ, యజ్ఞం, లోకం, అన్నం, అన్నాద్యం—ఇవన్నీగా మారి—అతనిని చుట్టూ పరివేష్టిస్తాయి.

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Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (as object)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• यज्ञः: sacrifice/ritual
• यज्ञः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• लोकः: world/realm
• लोकः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

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

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अन्नाद्यम्: food-eating; eater of food; nourishment
• अन्नाद्यम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अन्नाद्य (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आद्य/अद् ‘to eat’ से व्युत्पन्न ‘food-eating/food-eater’ अर्थ-सम्बन्ध)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: —
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: भू (धातु)

• अभिपर्यावर्तन्त: they turned/returned/rolled around (towards/around)
• अभिपर्यावर्तन्त: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्/वर्त् (धातु) + उपसर्गाः अभि- परि- आ-

Attribution

Rishi: Late Atharvanic didactic tradition (variable attribution).

Devata: Śraddhā, Yajña, Loka, Anna, Annādya as personified attainments.

Chandas: Late/mixed; cadence approximates anuṣṭubh but is not strictly metrical.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta