Mantra 2
Sukta 16
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्य व्रात्यस्य ।योऽस्य द्वितीयोऽपानः साष्टका
IAST Transliteration
tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya dvitī́yo ’pānáḥ sá̄ṣṭakā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of that Vratya: the second of his Apāna-breaths—this is the Aṣṭakā.
Word by Word
तस्यof that (of him)
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya (ascetic/outsider-ritual 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)
द्वितीयःsecond
द्वितीयः:
विशेषण (of अपानः)
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootद्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
अपानःApāna (the downward vital breath)
अपानः:
कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative in the relative clause)
TypeNoun
Rootअपान (प्रातिपदिक)
सthat/he
स:
सम्बन्ध/सह-निर्देश (correlative: ‘that/he’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अष्टकाAṣṭakā (the Aṣṭakā rite/personified Aṣṭakā)
अष्टका:
विधेय (apposition/predicate with सः)
TypeNoun (proper/ritual term)
Rootअष्टका (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Vratya-speculation tradition (often treated as Atharvanic/Angirasic in later indexing; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Vratya (as cosmic person) / Prāṇa-functions (Apāna) / Ritual observances personified
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (not strictly metrical in the manner of RV anuṣṭubh)
Mantra Rasa
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