Atharva Veda 15.12.4: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 4

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स य ए॒वं वि॒दुषा॒ व्रात्ये॒नाति॑सृष्टो जु॒होति॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.12.4

IAST Transliteration

sá yá eváṁ vidúṣā vrā́tyenā́ti-sṛṣṭó juhóti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who, being thus released by the knowing Vratya, maketh oblation,

Translation

Wer, so vom kundigen Vrātya losgelassen, die Opfergabe darbringt,

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Word by Word

• सः: he / that (person)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• विदुषा: by/with a knowing (learned) [one]
• विदुषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘to know’)

• व्रात्येन: by/with the Vrātya (a consecrated/outsider-ascetic figure)
• व्रात्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिसृष्टः: having been set in motion / impelled / commissioned
• अतिसृष्टः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: अतिसृष्ट (कृदन्त; उपसर्गः अति- + √सृज् ‘to send forth/let loose’; past passive participle)

• जुहोति: offers (makes an oblation)
• जुहोति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (जुहोति) ‘to offer, sacrifice’

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya dossier tradition

Devata: Vrātya (as authorizer) / Agni (as receiver)

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta