Mantra 8
Sukta 15
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य षष्ठः प्राणः प्रियो नाम त इमे पशवः
IAST Transliteration
tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya ṣaṣṭháḥ prā́ṇaḥ priyáḥ nā́ma | té imé paśávaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of that Vrātya, the sixth vital breath—Priya by name—these are the Cattle.
Word by Word
तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya (the consecrated/ascetic figure)
व्रात्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho/which
यः:
कर्तृ (of implied ‘is/exists’)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this/of him
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
षष्ठःsixth
षष्ठः:
विशेषण (of प्राणः)
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootषष्ठ (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
प्राणःbreath; vital force
प्राणः:
कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रियःdear; beloved
प्रियः:
विशेषण (of प्राणः)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
नामby name; namely
नाम:
सम्बन्ध/विशेषणार्थ (naming/apposition marker)
TypeIndeclinable (particle-like usage)
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक) → अव्ययीभाव/निपातवत् प्रयोगः
तेfor him/for you (dat.)
ते:
सम्प्रदान (dative: ‘for/to you/him’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमेthese
इमे:
कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पशवःanimals; cattle
पशवः:
कर्तृ/विषय (subject; in apposition with इमे)
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Vrātya/Ātharvaṇa tradition (speculative)
Devata: Paśavaḥ (cattle as prosperity) identified with Prāṇa (Priya)
Chandas: Enumerative cadence
Mantra Rasa
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