Mantra 6
Sukta 16
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य षष्ठोऽपानः स यज्ञः
IAST Transliteration
tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya ṣaṣṭhó ’pānáḥ sá yajñáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of that Vratya: the sixth of his Apāna-breaths—this is the Sacrifice.
Word by Word
तस्यof that (of him)
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya (the consecrated/ascetic figure)
व्रात्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (relative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him / of this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
षष्ठःthe sixth
षष्ठः:
विशेषण (predicate/attribute of अपानः)
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootषष्ठ (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण/संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
अपानःApāna (the downward vital breath)
अपानः:
कर्तृ (subject of ‘is’ understood)
TypeNoun
Rootअपान (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe / that
सः:
कर्तृ (correlative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञःsacrifice; ritual offering
यज्ञः:
प्रथमा-समानााधिकरण (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Vratya-speculation tradition
Devata: Vratya / Apāna / Yajña
Chandas: Atharvanic catalogic style
Mantra Rasa
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