Mantra 3
Sukta 15
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य प्रथमः प्राण ऊर्ध्वो नामायं सो अग्निः
IAST Transliteration
tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya prathamáḥ prāṇá ūrdhvó nā́māyáṃ sá agníḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of that Vratya: that which is his first vital breath, named ‘Upward’—this verily is Agni.
Word by Word
तस्यof that
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya (ascetic/outside-the-orthopraxy figure)
व्रात्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (relative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/its
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रथमःfirst
प्रथमः:
विशेषण (of प्राणः)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राणःbreath, vital force
प्राणः:
कर्तृ (subject of implied ‘is’)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक; from प्र + √अन् ‘to breathe’)
ऊर्ध्वःupright, upward
ऊर्ध्वः:
विशेषण (of प्राणः)
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
नामby name; namely
नाम:
विशेषण/नामधेय-निर्देश (predicative ‘as/namely’)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अयम्this
अयम्:
कर्तृ (deictic subject)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe/that
सः:
कर्तृ (correlative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni; fire
अग्निः:
कर्तृ/प्रत्ययार्थ (predicate nominative: identification)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic (Vratya book tradition)
Devata: Agni (as first prāṇa of the Vratya)
Chandas: Prose-like bandhu statement
Mantra Rasa
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