Atharva Veda 15.18.1: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 1

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अध्यात्म-प्रकरणम्। तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य

IAST Transliteration

adhyātma-prakaraṇám | tásya vrā́tyasya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The chapter of the Inner-Self: of that Vratya—

Translation

അധ്യാത്മ-പ്രകരണം. ആ വ്രാത്യന്റെ—

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Word by Word

• अध्यात्म-प्रकरणम्: the section/chapter on the inner self (spiritual topic)
• अध्यात्म-प्रकरणम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्म-प्रकरण (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Anonymous Atharvanic redactional tradition

Devata: Vratya (as adhyātma locus)

Chandas: Rubric/prose-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta