Atharva Veda 15.17.7: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 7

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य सप्त॒मो व्या॒नः स सं॑वत्स॒रः

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya saptamó vyānáḥ sá saṃvatsaráḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vrātya: that which in him is the seventh, the Vyāna-breath—that is the Year.

Translation

Von jenem Vrātya: was in ihm das Siebte ist — der Vyāna-Atem; das ist das Jahr (saṃvatsara).

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Word by Word

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

• व्रात्यस्य: of the Vrātya (the consecrated/ascetic figure)
• व्रात्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सप्तमः: the seventh
• सप्तमः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (predicate/attribute)
• Type: Adjective (Ordinal)
• Root: सप्तम (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यानः: Vyāna (the vital breath)
• व्यानः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यान (प्रातिपदिक; प्राण-नाम)

• सः: he/that
• सः: कर्तृ (subject; resumptive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• संवत्सरः: the year
• संवत्सरः: प्रधानीय-कर्तृ/विषय (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (Vrātya corpus)

Devata: Vrātya; Saṃvatsara (Year) by identification

Chandas: Atharvanic prose-like formula

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta