Atharva Veda 15.16.4: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 4

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य चतु॒र्थोऽपा॒नः सा श्र॒द्धा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.16.4

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya caturthó ’pānáḥ sā́ śraddhā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vratya: the fourth of his Apāna-breaths—this is Faith.

Translation

ആ വ്രാത്യന്റെ—അവന്റെ അപാന-പ്രാണങ്ങളിൽ നാലാമത്തേതു; അതുതന്നെ ശ്രദ്ധാ ആണ്.

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Word by Word

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

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

• यः: who / which
• यः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun (Relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• चतुर्थः: the fourth
• चतुर्थः: विशेषण (predicate/attributive to अपानः)
• Type: Adjective (Ordinal)
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपानः: Apāna (the downward vital breath)
• अपानः: कर्तृ (subject of identification with सा श्रद्धा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• सा: that (she) / that
• सा: कर्तृ (subject; equative with श्रद्धा)
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रद्धा: faith / trust / श्रद्धा
• श्रद्धा: प्रधानीय-कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative: identification)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya-speculation tradition

Devata: Vratya / Apāna / Śraddhā (personified)

Chandas: Atharvanic catalogic style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta