Atharva Veda 15.13.7: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 7

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यै॒वं वि॒द्वान् व्रात्य॑श्चतु॒र्थीं रात्रि॒मति॑थिर्गृ॒हे वस॑ति

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.13.7

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tyaś caturthī́ṁ rā́trim átithir gṛhé vásati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That (same celestial gain) is his, for whom, in this wise, a knowing Vratya, a guest, abides in the house the fourth night.

Translation

Ek gyaani vratya, jo mehman ki tarah hai, agar kisi ke ghar chauthi raat tak rehta hai, toh woh wahi fayda paa leta hai. Woh bhi wahi jagah paata hai.

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Word by Word

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

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

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विद्वान्: knowing, learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: विद्वस् (√विद् ‘to know’)

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

• चतुर्थीम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: चतुर्थी (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: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (निवासे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Vratya cycle)

Devata: Vratya-as-atithi / merit-fruit (loka)

Chandas: Ritual-prose style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta