Atharva Veda 15.12.4: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 4

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स य ए॒वं वि॒दुषा॒ व्रात्ये॒नाति॑सृष्टो जु॒होति॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.12.4

IAST Transliteration

sá yá eváṁ vidúṣā vrā́tyenā́ti-sṛṣṭó juhóti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who, being thus released by the knowing Vratya, maketh oblation,

Translation

जब कोई ज्ञानी व्रात्य तुम्हे आज़ाद करता है, और तुम उसके बाद हवन करते हो। यह बात समझ लो कि व्रात्य जो जानता है वो तुम्हे छोड़ देता है, फिर तुम भगवान को समर्पित करते हो।

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Word by Word

• सः: he / that (person)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• विदुषा: by/with a knowing (learned) [one]
• विदुषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘to know’)

• व्रात्येन: by/with the Vrātya (a consecrated/outsider-ascetic figure)
• व्रात्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिसृष्टः: having been set in motion / impelled / commissioned
• अतिसृष्टः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: अतिसृष्ट (कृदन्त; उपसर्गः अति- + √सृज् ‘to send forth/let loose’; past passive participle)

• जुहोति: offers (makes an oblation)
• जुहोति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (जुहोति) ‘to offer, sacrifice’

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya dossier tradition

Devata: Vrātya (as authorizer) / Agni (as receiver)

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta