Mantra 6
Sukta 15
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्य व्रात्यस्य ।योऽस्य चतुर्थः प्राणो विभूर्नामायं स पवमानः
IAST Transliteration
tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya caturtháḥ prā́ṇo vibhū́r nā́mā́yáṃ sá pavámānaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of that Vrātya, the fourth vital breath—Vibhū by name—this same is Pavamāna, the Purifier.
Word by Word
तस्यof that
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya (the consecrated/outsider-ascetic figure)
व्रात्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (relative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this / of him
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चतुर्थःthe fourth
चतुर्थः:
कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (predicate/attribute of subject)
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootचतुर्थ (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण/प्रातिपदिक)
प्राणःbreath; vital force
प्राणः:
कर्तृ (subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
विभूःthe all-pervading (one); the mighty
विभूः:
कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (predicate/apposition)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootविभू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘all-pervading, mighty’)
नामby name; namely
नाम:
विशेषण-भाव (naming/appositive marker)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
कर्तृ (demonstrative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe; that
सः:
कर्तृ (correlative ‘he/that’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पवमानःpurifying; becoming pure (Pavamāna)
पवमानः:
कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (predicate participle)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootपू (धातु) → पवमान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्; आत्मनेपदी अर्थः)
Attribution
Rishi: Vrātya/Ātharvaṇa tradition (speculative section; r̥ṣi attribution fluid in AV 15)
Devata: Pavamāna (Soma as purifier) identified with Prāṇa (Vibhū)
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like anuṣṭubh tendency (AV 15 has many brāhmaṇa-like, enumerative verses)
Mantra Rasa
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