Atharva Veda 15.12.1: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 1

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यै॒वं वि॒द्वान् व्रात्य॒ उद्धृ॑तेष्व॒ग्निष्वधि॑श्रितेऽग्निहो॒त्रेऽति॑थिर्गृ॒हाना॒गच्छे॑त्

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tya úd-dhṛteṣv agníṣv adhi-śríte’gnihótre’́ti-thir gṛhā́n ā́-gácchet

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Now, if unto the house of one who thus knoweth a Vratya should come as guest, when the fires have been taken up and the Agnihotra is set in place,

Translation

หากในเรือนของผู้รู้ดังนี้—เมื่อได้ยกไฟทั้งหลายขึ้นแล้ว และอัคนิโหตระ (Agnihotra) ได้ตั้งไว้พร้อม—มีวราตยะ (Vratya) มาเป็นอาคันตุกะ…

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Word by Word

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विद्वान्: knowing, learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘जानाति’)

• व्रात्यः: the Vrātya (ascetic/outsider ritual figure)
• व्रात्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्धृतेषु: in/among (the) taken-out/raised
• उद्धृतेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: उद्-√हृ (कृदन्त; ‘उद्धृत’)

• अग्निषु: in the fires
• अग्निषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधिश्रिते: placed upon, set over
• अधिश्रिते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: अधि-√श्रि (कृदन्त; ‘अधिश्रित’)

• अग्निहोत्रे: at/in the Agnihotra (fire-offering rite)
• अग्निहोत्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिथिः: a guest
• अतिथिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहान्: houses, homes
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• आगच्छेत्: should come/should arrive
• आगच्छेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya dossier tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Vrātya (as potent personage) / Agni (contextual)

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara