Atharva Veda 15.12.8: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 8

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ॒ य ए॒वं वि॒दुषा॒ व्रात्ये॒नान॑तिसृष्टो जु॒होति॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.12.8

IAST Transliteration

átha yá eváṃ vidúṣā vrā́tyenā́natisṛṣṭo juhóti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

But then—whoso, thus, not commissioned by a knowing Vrātya, maketh offering—

Translation

लेकिन अगर कोई ऐसे ही पूजा करे, बिना किसी ज्ञानी व्रात्य के भेजे। तो उसका हाल अलग होता है।

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Word by Word

• अथ: then; now
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (avyaya)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (avyaya)

• विदुषा: by/with a learned (knowing) one
• विदुषा: Karaṇa (instrument/association: ‘with/by a knower’)
• Type: Adjective (participial stem)
• Root: विद्वस् (prātipadika; from √विद् ‘to know’)

• व्रात्येन: by/with the Vrātya (a particular ritual/social figure)
• व्रात्येन: Karaṇa (instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (prātipadika)

• अनतिसृष्टः: not (over-)dismissed/ not let go; not set free beyond (control)
• अनतिसृष्टः: Kartā (qualifier of यः)
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: अनतिसृष्ट (kṛdanta; past passive participle from √सृज् ‘to let go, release’ with prefixes अति- + अनु-; negated sense ‘not over-released/ not let loose beyond’)

• जुहोति: offers (into the fire); makes an oblation
• जुहोति: Kriyā (main verb); takes Karma = oblation
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (जुहोति; 3rd class reduplicated present)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-section tradition (Atharvanic).

Devata: Procedural/ritual law (implicit); Agni as medium of juhoti.

Chandas: Prose-like/irregular.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta