Atharva Veda 15.17.1: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 1

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य प्रथ॒मो व्या॒नः सेयं भूमिः॑

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya prathamó vyā́nás séyaṃ bhū́miḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vratya: that which is his first—Vyāna, the pervading breath—that is this Earth.

Translation

ของวราตยะ (Vratya) นั้น สิ่งที่เป็นลำดับแรกของเขา—วยานะ (Vyāna ลมหายใจที่แผ่ซ่านไปทั่ว)—นั่นแลคือแผ่นดินนี้

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Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• प्रथमः: first
• प्रथमः: विशेषण (of ‘व्यानः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यानः: Vyāna (the vital breath ‘vyāna’)
• व्यानः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यान (प्रातिपदिक; also used as name of vital breath)

• सा: she/that
• सा: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is’)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is’)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमिः: earth, ground
• भूमिः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya (subject of the hymn; traditional r̥ṣi attributions are ancillary and variable)

Devata: Vratya / Vyāna; Earth as correlated manifestation

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic identification style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta