Atharva Veda 15.13.5: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 5

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यै॒वं वि॒द्वान् व्रात्य॑स्तृ॒तीयां॒ रात्रि॒मति॑थिर्गृ॒हे वस॑ति

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.13.5

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tyas tṛtī́yāṁ rā́trim átithir gṛhé vásati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That (same reward) is his, for whom, in this wise, a knowing Vratya, a guest, abides in the house the third night.

Translation

ผลตอบแทนเช่นนั้นย่อมเป็นของผู้นั้นด้วย: เมื่อพราตยะ (Vratya) ผู้รู้แจ้งดังนี้ มาเป็นอาคันตุกะ และพักอยู่ในเรือนของเขาในคืนที่สาม

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Word by Word

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

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

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: विशेषण (manner) / क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विद्वान्: knowing, learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā (appositive to व्रात्यः)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: विद्वस् (√विद् ‘to know’ + क्तवतु/वस्-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक: विद्वस्)

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

• तृतीयाम्: the third
• तृतीयाम्: Karma (with रात्रिम्) / काल-निर्देश
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: तृतीय (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण/संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• रात्रिम्: night
• रात्रिम्: Karma (temporal extent) / कालाधिकरणार्थ
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसति: dwells, stays
• वसति: क्रिया (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (निवासे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Vratya cycle)

Devata: Vratya-as-atithi (efficacious agent) / the phala (loka)

Chandas: Ritual-prose style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta