Atharva Veda 15.17.6: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 6

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य ष॒ष्ठो व्या॒नस्त आ॑र्त॒वाः

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya ṣaṣṭhó vyānáḥ tá ārtávāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vrātya: that which in him is the sixth, the Vyāna-breath—those are the seasonal (periodic) portions.

Translation

ఆ వ్రాత్యుని యొక్క—అతనిలో ఆరవది అయిన వ్యాన-ప్రాణము; అవే ఆర్తవాలు (ఋతుచక్రపు కాలభాగాలు).

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Word by Word

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

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

• यः: who / which
• यः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is/exists’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• षष्ठः: the sixth
• षष्ठः: कर्तृ (predicate nominative with implied ‘is’)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: षष्ठ (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यानः: Vyāna (the pervading vital breath)
• व्यानः: कर्तृ (subject/predicate with implied ‘is’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यान (प्रातिपदिक; नाम of a vital breath)

• त: that
• त: अनिर्णीत (contextual: either subject ‘that’ or object ‘that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आर्तवाः: seasonal; belonging to the proper time/season (ṛtu); timely ones
• आर्तवाः: कर्तृ (predicate/subject plural with implied ‘are’)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: आर्तव (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (Vrātya material)

Devata: Vrātya; secondarily Ārtava (seasonal order)

Chandas: Atharvanic prose-like formula

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta