Atharva Veda 15.13.1 — Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 1

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यै॒वं वि॒द्वान् व्रात्य॒ एकां॒ रात्रि॒मति॑थिर्गृ॒हे वस॑ति

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tya ékāṁ rā́trim átithir gṛhé vásati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This (is the consequence) for him—at whose house, thus, the knowing Vrātya abides as guest for a single night.

Translation

Voici (ce qui en résulte) pour celui dans la maison duquel, ainsi (en connaissance), le Vrātya sachant séjourne comme hôte une seule nuit.

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Word by Word

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: of whom / whose
• यस्य: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Prakāra (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विद्वान्: knowing, learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: √विद् (ज्ञाने) → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रात्यः: the Vrātya (wandering/outsider ascetic)
• व्रात्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकाम्: one
• एकाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• रात्रिम्: night
• रात्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिथिः: a guest
• अतिथिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहे: in (the) house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसति: dwells, stays
• वसति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (निवासे)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-related tradition (AV 15).

Devata: Vrātya as sacral agent; implicit Dharma of hospitality.

Chandas: Atharvanic mixed; narrative-prose style.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta