Atharva Veda 15.12.7: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 7

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर्य॑स्या॒स्मिंल्लो॒क आ॒यत॑नं शिष्यते॒ य ए॒वं वि॒दुषा॒ व्रात्ये॒नाति॑सृष्टो जु॒होति॑

IAST Transliteration

páry asyāsmíṃl lóka ā́yatanaṃ śiṣyate yá eváṃ vidúṣā vrā́tyenā́tisṛṣṭo juhóti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Round about him, in this very world, a settled station is left secure—who, thus commissioned by a knowing Vrātya, maketh offering.

Translation

Di sekelilingnya, dalam dunia ini juga, suatu tempat kedudukan yang tetap ditinggalkan terjamin—bagi dia yang, demikian diperintah oleh seorang Vrātya yang mengetahui, mempersembahkan (korban).

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Word by Word

• पर्यस्य: around/of him (of that one)
• पर्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) + Pronoun
• Root: परि + अस्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘इदम्’/‘अदस्’ वर्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयतनम्: abode; seat; resting-place
• आयतनम्: कर्तृ (with ‘शिष्यते’ as subject) / कर्म (context-dependent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिष्यते: remains; is left
• शिष्यते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शिष् (शेषणे/अवशेषे ‘to remain, be left’)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (of ‘जुहोति’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• विदुषा: by/with a knowing (wise) one
• विदुषा: करण/सह (instrumental association: ‘by/with a knower’)
• Type: Adjective (participle used substantively)
• Root: विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘to know’)

• व्रात्येन: by/with the Vrātya (a consecrated/outsider ascetic figure)
• व्रात्येन: करण/सह (instrumental association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिसृष्टः: sent forth; impelled; commissioned
• अतिसृष्टः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of ‘यः’)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: अति + √सृज् (सर्जने ‘to send forth, discharge’) → सृष्ट (क्त)

• जुहोति: offers (into the fire); makes an oblation
• जुहोति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (होम/यज्ञे ‘to offer, sacrifice’)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-section tradition (Atharvanic).

Devata: Āyatana/Stability as a ritual fruit; implicitly Agni as carrier of juhoti.

Chandas: Prose-like/irregular.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta