Mantra 1

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य व्रात्यस्य ।योऽस्य प्रथमोऽपानः सा पौर्णमासी

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya prathamó ’pānáḥ | sā́ paurṇamāsī́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vrātya, the first Apāna-breath—she is Paurṇamāsī, the Full-moon.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रात्यस्य: of the Vrātya (ascetic/outside-the-orthopraxy figure)
• व्रात्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who/which
• यः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is/was’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रथमः: first
• प्रथमः: विशेषण (of अपानः)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपानः: Apāna (the downward vital breath)
• अपानः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• सा: she/that (fem.)
• सा: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is’)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पौर्णमासी: the Full-moon day / Paurṇamāsī
• पौर्णमासी: प्रथमा-समानााधिकरण (predicate nominative with सा)
• Type: Noun (f.)
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/Ātharvaṇa tradition (speculative)

Devata: Paurṇamāsī (Full-moon) identified with Apāna

Chandas: Short, brāhmaṇa-like identification formula

Mantra Rasa

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