Mantra 6

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य व्रात्यस्य ।योऽस्य चतुर्थः प्राणो विभूर्नामायं स पवमानः

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya caturtháḥ prā́ṇo vibhū́r nā́mā́yáṃ sá pavámānaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vrātya, the fourth vital breath—Vibhū by name—this same is Pavamāna, the Purifier.

Translation

ਉਸ ਵ੍ਰਾਤ੍ਯ ਦਾ ਜੋ ਚੌਥਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਹੈ—ਵਿਭੂ ਨਾਮ ਵਾਲਾ—ਉਹੀ ਪਵਮਾਨ, ਸ਼ੁੱਧਿਕਰਤਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

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

• व्रात्यस्य: of the Vrātya (the consecrated/outsider-ascetic figure)
• व्रात्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• चतुर्थः: the fourth
• चतुर्थः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (predicate/attribute of subject)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: चतुर्थ (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण/प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: breath; vital force
• प्राणः: कर्तृ (subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• विभूः: the all-pervading (one); the mighty
• विभूः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (predicate/apposition)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: विभू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘all-pervading, mighty’)

• नाम: by name; namely
• नाम: विशेषण-भाव (naming/appositive marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: कर्तृ (demonstrative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he; that
• सः: कर्तृ (correlative ‘he/that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पवमानः: purifying; becoming pure (Pavamāna)
• पवमानः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (predicate participle)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: पू (धातु) → पवमान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्; आत्मनेपदी अर्थः)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/Ātharvaṇa tradition (speculative section; r̥ṣi attribution fluid in AV 15)

Devata: Pavamāna (Soma as purifier) identified with Prāṇa (Vibhū)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like anuṣṭubh tendency (AV 15 has many brāhmaṇa-like, enumerative verses)

Mantra Rasa

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