Mantra 3
Sukta 17
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्य व्रात्यस्य । योऽस्य तृतीयो व्यानः सा द्यौः
IAST Transliteration
tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya tṛtī́yo vyā́nás sā́ dyáuḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Of that Vratya: that which is his third—Vyāna, the pervading breath—that is Heaven.
Word by Word
तस्यof that / of him
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya (the consecrated/outsider ascetic figure)
व्रात्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (of the relative clause)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this / of him
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तृतीयःthe third
तृतीयः:
विशेषण (qualifier of व्यानः)
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootतृतीय (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण/संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
व्यानःVyāna (the vital breath/air, one of the prāṇas)
व्यानः:
कर्तृ (subject; identified with द्यौः)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यान (प्रातिपदिक; प्राण-विशेषः)
सःhe / that
सः:
कर्तृ (correlative; points to the subject)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्यौःthe Sky (Dyauḥ)
द्यौः:
कर्तृ/प्रत्यय (predicate nominative; equation with व्यानः)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Vratya (subject)
Devata: Vratya / Vyāna; Dyauḥ as correlated realm
Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic identification style
Mantra Rasa
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