Mantra 7
Sukta 16
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य सप्तमोऽपानस्ता इमा दक्षिणाः
IAST Transliteration
tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya saptamó ’pā́nás tā́ imā́ dákṣiṇāḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of that Vratya: that which is his seventh—Apāna, the downward breath—those are these priestly fees.
Word by Word
तस्यof that / his
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya (ascetic/outsider-ritual figure)
व्रात्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (relative subject)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him / of this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तमःthe seventh
सप्तमः:
विशेषण (of अपानः)
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootसप्तम (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
अपानःApāna (the downward vital breath)
अपानः:
कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative in the relative clause)
TypeNoun
Rootअपान (प्रातिपदिक; ‘apāna’ vital breath)
ताःthose
ताः:
कर्तृ/विधेय (subject/predicate with इमाः)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमाःthese
इमाः:
कर्तृ/विधेय (apposition with ताः)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दक्षिणाःdakṣiṇā-gifts / priestly fees
दक्षिणाः:
कर्तृ/विधेय (nominal predicate: ‘are the dakṣiṇās’)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Vratya (mythic/cosmic subject; traditional attribution varies in ancillary lists)
Devata: Vratya / Prāṇa-functions (here Apāna) as cosmic principle
Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic style (not a strict ṛgvedic meter; often treated as mixed/anuṣṭubh-adjacent in later catalogues)
Mantra Rasa
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