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Atharva Veda 15.17.2: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 2

Sukta 17

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य द्वि॒तीयो॑ व्या॒नस्तद॒न्तरि॑क्षम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.17.2

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya dvitī́yo vyā́nás tád antárikṣam

Of that Vratya: that which is his second—Vyāna, the pervading breath—that is the Mid-air.

De ese Vrātya: lo que en él es lo segundo — Vyāna, el aliento que todo lo impregna — ese es el espacio intermedio, Antarikṣa.

तस्यof that / his
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya
व्रात्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (of implied ‘is’)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this / of him
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्वितीयःthe second
द्वितीयः:
विशेषण (of व्यानः)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal adjective)
व्यानःVyāna (the vital breath ‘vyāna’)
व्यानः:
कर्तृ (of implied ‘is’)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यान (प्रातिपदिक; name/term)
तत्that
तत्:
प्रातिपदिक-सम्बन्ध / विधेय (predicate)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरिक्षम्the mid-space / atmosphere
अन्तरिक्षम्:
विधेय (predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Vratya (subject)

Devata: Vratya / Vyāna; Antarikṣa as correlated domain

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic identification style

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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