Atharva Veda 15.16.5: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 5

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य पञ्च॒मोऽपा॒नः सा दी॒क्षा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.16.5

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.

Translation

ആ വ്രാത്യന്റേത്—അവന്റെ അപാന-പ്രാണങ്ങളിൽ അഞ്ചാമത്തേതു; അതുതന്നെ ദീക്ഷ (അഭിഷേക-സംസ്കാരം) ആകുന്നു.

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Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• पञ्चमः: the fifth
• पञ्चमः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः (predicate/attribute of अपानः)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण)

• अपानः: Apāna, the downward vital breath
• अपानः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• सा: that (she/that one)
• सा: कर्तृ/समनाधिकरण (co-referent with दीक्षा)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दीक्षा: initiation, consecration (dīkṣā)
• दीक्षा: कर्तृ/प्रत्ययार्थ-समनाधिकरण (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya-speculation tradition

Devata: Vratya / Apāna / Dīkṣā (personified consecration)

Chandas: Atharvanic catalogic style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira