Atharva Veda 15.17.8: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 8

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य॒ व्रात्य॑स्य । स॒मा॒नमर्थं॒ परि॑ यन्ति दे॒वाः सं॑वत्स॒रं वा ए॒तदृ॒तवो॑ऽनु॒परि॑यन्ति॒ व्रात्यं॑ च

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | samānám árthaṃ pári yanti devā́ḥ saṃvatsaráṃ vā́ etád ṛtávo ’nu páriyanti vrā́tyaṃ ca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vrātya: the Gods move in circuit with one and the same intent. For this, verily, is the Year: the Seasons, in ordered succession, go round about both the Vrātya and the Year.

Translation

ว่าด้วยวราตยะ (Vrātya) นั้น—เหล่าเทพเจ้าพากันเวียนรอบด้วยเจตนาเดียวกัน. แท้จริงนี่เองคือ “ปี”; ฤดูกาลทั้งหลาย (ṛtu) ดำเนินตามลำดับอันเป็นระเบียบ เวียนรอบทั้งวราตยะและปีไปพร้อมกัน.

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Word by Word

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

• व्रात्यस्य: of the Vrātya
• व्रात्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• समानम्: the same
• समानम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समान (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्थम्: purpose/meaning
• अर्थम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around
• परि: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यन्ति: they go
• यन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ (agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• संवत्सरम्: (for) a year / the year
• संवत्सरम्: कर्म (object) / काल-अत्यन्त-संयोग (duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: indeed / or
• वा: (निपात) विकल्प/एवकारार्थे
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: विशेष्य-निर्देश (deictic) / कर्म (as object of implied ‘is’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतवः: the seasons
• ऋतवः: कर्तृ (agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• परि: around
• परि: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यन्ति: they go
• यन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• व्रात्यम्: the Vrātya
• व्रात्यम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous

Devata: Devas as agents of ṛta; Vrātya/Saṃvatsara as identified center

Chandas: Prose/irregular; Brāhmaṇa-like assertional style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta