Mantra 1

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यैवं विद्वान् व्रात्योऽतिथिर्गृहानागछेत्

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tyo’́tithir gṛhā́n āgáchet

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso, thus instructed, hath the Vrātya for a guest come unto his house—(for him this ordinance holds).

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (गन्तव्य/प्राप्तव्य-वस्तु; ‘that [state/thing]’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: of whom; whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी: ‘of whom/whose’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: — (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• विद्वान्: knowing; learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā (कर्ता: ‘the knowing one’)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: √विद् (विद् ज्ञाने) → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रात्यः: the Vrātya (ascetic/outsider-brotherhood figure)
• व्रात्यः: Kartā (कर्ता; विद्वान्-व्रात्यः = कर्तृसमासार्थ/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिथिः: guest
• अतिथिः: Kartā (कर्ता; व्रात्यः अतिथिः—समानाधिकरण: ‘Vrātya as guest’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहान्: houses; homes
• गृहान्: Karma (कर्म; गच्छेत् इत्यस्य गन्तव्य-देश/वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगच्छेत्: should come; may arrive
• आगच्छेत्: — (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (गम् गतौ)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Vrātya-speculation (Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AV 15).

Devata: Vrātya (as sacral personage) / Atithi (guest as ritual focus)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (AV 15 often shows brāhmaṇa-like cadence rather than strict RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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