Atharva Veda 15.13.11: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 11

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ॒ यस्याव्रा॑त्यो व्रात्यब्रु॒वो ना॑मबिभ्र॒त्यति॑थिर्गृ॒हाना॒गच्छे॑त्

IAST Transliteration

átha yásyā́vrātyo vrā́tya-bruvó nā́ma bibhraty átithir gṛhā́n ā́gacchet

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Then, if unto a man’s houses there should come as guest one no Vrātya, yet bearing the name and saying ‘I am Vrātya,’—

Translation

ثم إذا جاء إلى بيوتِ رجلٍ ضيفٌ ليسَ بـ«ڤراتيا» (Vrātya)، غيرَ أنه يحملُ الاسمَ ويقولُ: «أنا ڤراتيا»،—

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Word by Word

• अथ: then; now
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (avyaya)

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• आव्रात्यः: one who has become a vrātya; an outsider/vrātya
• आव्रात्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-व्रात्य (prātipadika)

• व्रात्यब्रुवः: speaking/declaring ‘vrātya’ (i.e., calling himself/being called vrātya)
• व्रात्यब्रुवः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रात्य-ब्रुव (kṛdanta from √ब्रू)

• नाम: name; as the name
• नाम: Karaṇa (by name / as a name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (prātipadika)

• बिभ्रति: they bear/carry; they hold
• बिभ्रति: Kartā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• अतिथिः: a guest
• अतिथिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (prātipadika)

• गृहान्: houses; homes
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (prātipadika)

• आ: towards; to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga/avyaya)

• गच्छेत्: should go/come
• गच्छेत्: Kartā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गत्यर्थे)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/anonymous Atharvanic redaction

Devata: Vrātya-status (as a category) / protective discernment

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta