Atharva Veda 15.17.5: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 5

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य पञ्च॒मो व्या॒नस्त ऋ॒तवः॑

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya pañcamó vyānáḥ tá ṛtávaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vrātya: that which in him is the fifth, the Vyāna-breath—those are the Seasons.

Translation

Von jenem Vrātya: was in ihm das Fünfte ist — der Vyāna-Atem; das sind die Jahreszeiten (ṛtavaḥ).

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रात्यस्य: of the Vrātya (ascetic/outside-the-regular-rites figure)
• व्रात्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who/which
• यः: कर्तृ (of implied/copular clause)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पञ्चमः: the fifth
• पञ्चमः: विशेषण (predicate/attribute)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: पञ्चम (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यानः: Vyāna (the vital breath named vyāna)
• व्यानः: कर्तृ/विधेय (subject/predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यान (प्रातिपदिक; प्राण-विशेषः)

• त: he/that
• त: कर्तृ/विधेय (subject/predicate)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतवः: seasons
• ऋतवः: कर्तृ/विधेय (subject/predicate nominative plural)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Vrātya-speculation; often left as Atharvanic/anonymous in later indexing for AV 15 material

Devata: Vrātya (as cosmic person); secondarily Kāla/Ṛtu (Time/Seasons) through identification

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style; not strictly metrical in the manner of RV anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta