Atharva Veda 15.18.3: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 3
Sukta 18
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
योऽस्य॒ दक्षि॑णः॒ कर्णो॒ऽयं सो अ॒ग्निर्योऽस्य स॒व्यः कर्णो॒ऽयं स पव॑मानः
IAST Transliteration
yó ’sya dákṣiṇaḥ kárṇo ’yáṃ sá agnír yó ’sya savyáḥ kárṇo ’yáṃ sá pavamā́naḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Which is his right ear—this is Agni; and which is his left ear—this is Pavamāna.
Translation
అతని కుడి చెవి—ఇదే అగ్ని; అతని ఎడమ చెవి—ఇదే పవమానుడు.
Word by Word
यःwho (he)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/its
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दक्षिणःright
दक्षिणः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of कर्णः)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्णःear
कर्णः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
अयम्this
अयम्:
Kartā (deictic subject) / Apposition
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā (correlative to यः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni; fire
अग्निः:
Kartā / Predicate nominative
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho (he)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/its
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सव्यःleft
सव्यः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of कर्णः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्णःear
कर्णः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
अयम्this
अयम्:
Kartā (deictic subject) / Apposition
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā (correlative to यः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पवमानःPavamāna (the purifying one; Soma/wind as purifier)
पवमानः:
Kartā / Predicate nominative
TypeParticiple (Adjectival noun)
Rootपू (धातु, पुनाति) → पवमान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्-प्रकृति; ‘purifying, flowing’)
Attribution
Rishi: Anonymous Vratya tradition
Devata: Agni; Pavamāna
Chandas: Prose-like identificatory style
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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