Mantra 18

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वषट्कारेणान्नादेनान्नमत्ति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

vaṣaṭ-kāréṇānnā́denānnám atti yá eváṁ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By the Vaṣaṭ-call, by the food-eater, he eats food—who knoweth thus.

Translation

以“瓦沙特（Vaṣaṭ）”之呼声，以食者（annāda）之力而食其食——知此者如是。

Word by Word

• वषट्कारॆण: by/with the vaṣaṭ-call (ritual exclamation)
• वषट्कारॆण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वषट्कार (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्नादेन: by/with the food-eater (one who eats food)
• अन्नादेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नाद (प्रातिपदिक = अन्न + आद ‘eater’)

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

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

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (सम्बन्धः—यः…सः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Anonymous/Brāhmaṇa-style Atharvanic exposition (AV 15).

Devata: Vaṣaṭ (as ritual speech) / Bṛhaspati implicit.

Chandas: Formulaic refrain; prose-like cadence.

Mantra Rasa

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