Mantra 1

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यैवं विद्वान् व्रात्योऽतिथिर्गृहानागछेत्

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tyo’́tithir gṛhā́n āgáchet

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso, thus instructed, hath the Vrātya for a guest come unto his house—(for him this ordinance holds).

Translation

ਜੋ ਕੋਈ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਜਾਣਕਾਰ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਵ੍ਰਾਤ੍ਯ ਅਤਿਥੀ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਘਰ ਆਇਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਪਾਏ—ਉਸ ਲਈ ਇਹ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਲਾਗੂ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (गन्तव्य/प्राप्तव्य-वस्तु; ‘that [state/thing]’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: of whom; whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी: ‘of whom/whose’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• विद्वान्: knowing; learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā (कर्ता: ‘the knowing one’)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: √विद् (विद् ज्ञाने) → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रात्यः: the Vrātya (ascetic/outsider-brotherhood figure)
• व्रात्यः: Kartā (कर्ता; विद्वान्-व्रात्यः = कर्तृसमासार्थ/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिथिः: guest
• अतिथिः: Kartā (कर्ता; व्रात्यः अतिथिः—समानाधिकरण: ‘Vrātya as guest’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहान्: houses; homes
• गृहान्: Karma (कर्म; गच्छेत् इत्यस्य गन्तव्य-देश/वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगच्छेत्: should come; may arrive
• आगच्छेत्: — (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (गम् गतौ)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Vrātya-speculation (Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AV 15).

Devata: Vrātya (as sacral personage) / Atithi (guest as ritual focus)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (AV 15 often shows brāhmaṇa-like cadence rather than strict RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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