Mantra 3

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विशां च वै स सबन्धूनां चान्नस्य चान्नाद्यस्य च प्रियं धाम भवति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

viśā́m ca váí sá sábandhūnā́m cā́nnasya cānnā́dyasya ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He verily becometh a dear and favoured seat among the clans, among the kindred, and in respect of food and the enjoyment of food—whoso thus knoweth.

Translation

Ai biết như vậy, người ấy thật sự trở thành chỗ ngự đáng yêu, được ưu ái giữa các bộ tộc, giữa bà con thân thuộc, và đối với thức ăn cùng sự hưởng dùng thức ăn.

Word by Word

विशाम्of the clans/peoples

चand

वैindeed

सःhe/that (person)

सम्बन्धूनाम्of the relatives/kinsmen

चand

अन्नस्यof food

चand

अन्नाद्यस्यof the eater of food / of one who lives on food

चand

प्रियम्dear, beloved

धामabode; seat; dwelling

भवतिbecomes

यःwho

एवम्thus, in this way

वेदknows

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/collective Atharvanic tradition (Vrātya-kāṇḍa style; not a single named ṛṣi in many recensions)

Devata: Pratiṣṭhā (establishment) / Social body (Viś) as functional ‘deity’ in the prose-like Atharvanic formulation

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (not strict metrical ṛc)

Mantra Rasa

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