Mantra 5
Sukta 16
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य पञ्चमोऽपानः सा दीक्षा
IAST Transliteration
tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya pañcamó ’pānáḥ sā́ dīkṣā́
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of that Vratya: the fifth of his Apāna-breaths—this is Consecration.
Word by Word
तस्यof that
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya (ascetic/outside-the-orthopraxy figure)
व्रात्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho/which
यः:
कर्तृ (relative subject)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/this (of this one)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पञ्चमःthe fifth
पञ्चमः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः (predicate/attribute of अपानः)
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootपञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण)
अपानःApāna, the downward vital breath
अपानः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअपान (प्रातिपदिक)
साthat (she/that one)
सा:
कर्तृ/समनाधिकरण (co-referent with दीक्षा)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दीक्षाinitiation, consecration (dīkṣā)
दीक्षा:
कर्तृ/प्रत्ययार्थ-समनाधिकरण (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootदीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Vratya-speculation tradition
Devata: Vratya / Apāna / Dīkṣā (personified consecration)
Chandas: Atharvanic catalogic style
Mantra Rasa
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