Mantra 9

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य व्रात्यस्य । यदादित्यमभिसंविशन्त्यमावास्यां चैव तत् पौर्णमासीं च

IAST Transliteration

tásya vrā́tyasya | yadā́dityám abhi-saṃviśánty amāvāsyā́ṃ caivá tát paurṇamāsī́ṃ ca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of that Vrātya: when they enter into the Sun—then that is, in very truth, both the New-moon and the Full-moon.

Translation

Về vị Vrātya ấy: khi họ đi vào trong Mặt Trời—thì quả thật đó vừa là ngày Sóc (amāvāsyā, trăng non/đêm không trăng) vừa là ngày Vọng (pūrṇamāsī, trăng tròn).

Word by Word

तस्यof that

व्रात्यस्यof the Vrātya (ascetic/outsider)

यदाwhen

आदित्यम्the Sun (Āditya)

अभिसंविशन्तिthey enter into / merge into

अमावास्याम्on the new-moon night

चand

एवindeed / just

तत्that (then/that very [time])

पौर्णमासीम्the full-moon night

चand

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous

Devata: Āditya (Sun); Amāvāsyā and Paurṇamāsī as temporal deities; Vrātya as encompassing principle

Chandas: Prose/irregular Atharvanic style

Mantra Rasa

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