Atharva Veda 15.13.3: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 3

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यै॒वं वि॒द्वान् व्रात्यो॑ द्वि॒तीयां॑ रात्रि॒मतिथि॑र्गृ॒हे वस॑ति

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.13.3

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tyo dvitī́yāṁ rā́trim átithir gṛhé vásati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

And this (further accrues) to him—at whose house, thus, the knowing Vrātya abides as guest for a second night.

Translation

وهذا (يزيد كذلك) لمن—في بيته، على هذا النحو، يقيم الفراتيا (Vrātya) العارف (vidvān) ضيفًا لليلةٍ ثانية.

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Word by Word

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: प्रकार (manner adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विद्वान्: knowing, learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā (appositional to व्रात्यः)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘to know’)

• व्रात्यः: the Vrātya (wandering/outsider ascetic figure)
• व्रात्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वितीयाम्: the second
• द्वितीयाम्: Karma (temporal extent with accusative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• रात्रिम्: night
• रात्रिम्: Karma (time-duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिथिः: a guest
• अतिथिः: Kartā (predicate-nominative to व्रात्यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसति: dwells, stays
• वसति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (भ्वादि; ‘to dwell, stay’)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-related tradition (AV 15).

Devata: Vrātya; merit-realms as goal.

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed; repetitive formulaic prose.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira