Atharva Veda 15.13.11: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 11

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ॒ यस्याव्रा॑त्यो व्रात्यब्रु॒वो ना॑मबिभ्र॒त्यति॑थिर्गृ॒हाना॒गच्छे॑त्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.13.11

IAST Transliteration

átha yásyā́vrātyo vrā́tya-bruvó nā́ma bibhraty átithir gṛhā́n ā́gacchet

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Then, if unto a man’s houses there should come as guest one no Vrātya, yet bearing the name and saying ‘I am Vrātya,’—

Translation

แล้วถ้าบุคคลหนึ่งมีแขกมาถึงเรือน: หาใช่วราตยะ (Vrātya) ไม่ แต่กลับถือชื่อและกล่าวว่า ‘เราคือวราตยะ’—

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Word by Word

• अथ: then; now
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (avyaya)

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• आव्रात्यः: one who has become a vrātya; an outsider/vrātya
• आव्रात्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-व्रात्य (prātipadika)

• व्रात्यब्रुवः: speaking/declaring ‘vrātya’ (i.e., calling himself/being called vrātya)
• व्रात्यब्रुवः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रात्य-ब्रुव (kṛdanta from √ब्रू)

• नाम: name; as the name
• नाम: Karaṇa (by name / as a name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (prātipadika)

• बिभ्रति: they bear/carry; they hold
• बिभ्रति: Kartā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

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

• गृहान्: houses; homes
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (prātipadika)

• आ: towards; to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga/avyaya)

• गच्छेत्: should go/come
• गच्छेत्: Kartā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गत्यर्थे)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya/anonymous Atharvanic redaction

Devata: Vrātya-status (as a category) / protective discernment

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta