Atharva Veda 15.13.7: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 7

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यै॒वं वि॒द्वान् व्रात्य॑श्चतु॒र्थीं रात्रि॒मति॑थिर्गृ॒हे वस॑ति

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tyaś caturthī́ṁ rā́trim átithir gṛhé vásati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Translation

那同样的天界所得，归于那人：若有一位如是知晓的弗罗提耶（Vratya）作客，在其家中住到第四夜。

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Word by Word

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

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

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विद्वान्: knowing, learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: विद्वस् (√विद् ‘to know’)

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

• चतुर्थीम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)

• रात्रिम्: night
• रात्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Vratya cycle)

Devata: Vratya-as-atithi / merit-fruit (loka)

Chandas: Ritual-prose style

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta