Atharva Veda 15.16.7: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 7

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य सप्त॒मोऽपा॒नस्ता इ॒मा दक्षि॑णाः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.16.7

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya saptamó ’pā́nás tā́ imā́ dákṣiṇāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vratya: that which is his seventh—Apāna, the downward breath—those are these priestly fees.

Translation

Tego Vratyi: to, co jest jego siódmym - Apāna, oddech zstępujący - to są te kapłańskie ofiary.

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Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• सप्तमः: the seventh
• सप्तमः: विशेषण (of अपानः)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: सप्तम (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपानः: Apāna (the downward vital breath)
• अपानः: कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative in the relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक; ‘apāna’ vital breath)

• ताः: those
• ताः: कर्तृ/विधेय (subject/predicate with इमाः)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: कर्तृ/विधेय (apposition with ताः)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षिणाः: dakṣiṇā-gifts / priestly fees
• दक्षिणाः: कर्तृ/विधेय (nominal predicate: ‘are the dakṣiṇās’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya (mythic/cosmic subject; traditional attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Vratya / Prāṇa-functions (here Apāna) as cosmic principle

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic style (not a strict ṛgvedic meter; often treated as mixed/anuṣṭubh-adjacent in later catalogues)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta