Atharva Veda 15.12.1: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 1

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यै॒वं वि॒द्वान् व्रात्य॒ उद्धृ॑तेष्व॒ग्निष्वधि॑श्रितेऽग्निहो॒त्रेऽति॑थिर्गृ॒हाना॒गच्छे॑त्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.12.1

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tya úd-dhṛteṣv agníṣv adhi-śríte’gnihótre’́ti-thir gṛhā́n ā́-gácchet

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Now, if unto the house of one who thus knoweth a Vratya should come as guest, when the fires have been taken up and the Agnihotra is set in place,

Translation

Maka, apabila ke rumah orang yang mengetahui demikian seorang Vratya datang sebagai tetamu, ketika api-api telah diangkat dan Agnihotra telah ditegakkan pada tempatnya,

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Word by Word

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विद्वान्: knowing, learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘जानाति’)

• व्रात्यः: the Vrātya (ascetic/outsider ritual figure)
• व्रात्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्धृतेषु: in/among (the) taken-out/raised
• उद्धृतेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: उद्-√हृ (कृदन्त; ‘उद्धृत’)

• अग्निषु: in the fires
• अग्निषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधिश्रिते: placed upon, set over
• अधिश्रिते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: अधि-√श्रि (कृदन्त; ‘अधिश्रित’)

• अग्निहोत्रे: at/in the Agnihotra (fire-offering rite)
• अग्निहोत्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिथिः: a guest
• अतिथिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहान्: houses, homes
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगच्छेत्: should come/should arrive
• आगच्छेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya dossier tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Vrātya (as potent personage) / Agni (contextual)

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara