Atharva Veda 15.12.2: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 2

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्व॒यमे॑नमभ्यु॒देत्य॑ ब्रूया॒द् व्रात्याति॑ सृज हो॒ष्यामीति॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.12.2

IAST Transliteration

svayám enam abhy-udétya brūyā́d vrā́tyā́ti sṛja hoṣyā́mīti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He should himself go forth to meet him and should say: ‘O Vratya, release me; I will make oblation.’

Translation

hendaklah ia sendiri keluar menyongsongnya dan berkata: ‘Wahai Vratya, bebaskanlah aku; aku akan mempersembahkan persembahan (homa).’

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Word by Word

• स्वयम्: oneself, personally
• स्वयम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)

• एनम्: him/it (this one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• उदेत्य: having risen/come up (towards)
• उदेत्य: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु) → उदेति; क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (ल्यप्) रूप

• ब्रूयात्: should say
• ब्रूयात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• व्रात्याति: “(he is) a Vratya/outcaste,” (thus)
• व्रात्याति: —
• Type: Quoted expression
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक) + इति (उद्धरण-निपात)

• सृज: release, let go, send forth
• सृज: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)

• होष्यामि: I will call/invoke
• होष्यामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वा (धातु; वैदिक रूप ‘होष्य-’)

• इति: thus, saying
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya dossier tradition

Devata: Vrātya (addressed directly)

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara