Atharva Veda 15.17.3: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 3

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । योऽस्य तृ॒तीयो॑ व्या॒नः सा द्यौः

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yó ’sya tṛtī́yo vyā́nás sā́ dyáuḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vratya: that which is his third—Vyāna, the pervading breath—that is Heaven.

Translation

ว่าด้วยวราตยะ (Vratya) นั้น: สิ่งที่เป็นลำดับที่สามของเขา—ลมหายใจผู้แผ่ซ่าน “วยานะ” (Vyāna)—นั่นแลคือสวรรค์/ฟ้า (Dyauḥ).

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Word by Word

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

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

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (of the relative clause)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• तृतीयः: the third
• तृतीयः: विशेषण (qualifier of व्यानः)
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: तृतीय (क्रमवाचक-विशेषण/संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यानः: Vyāna (the vital breath/air, one of the prāṇas)
• व्यानः: कर्तृ (subject; identified with द्यौः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यान (प्रातिपदिक; प्राण-विशेषः)

• सः: he / that
• सः: कर्तृ (correlative; points to the subject)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यौः: the Sky (Dyauḥ)
• द्यौः: कर्तृ/प्रत्यय (predicate nominative; equation with व्यानः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya (subject)

Devata: Vratya / Vyāna; Dyauḥ as correlated realm

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic identification style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta