Atharva Veda 15.13.9: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 9

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद् यस्यै॒वं वि॒द्वान् व्रात्योऽप॑रिमिता॒ रात्री॒रति॑थिर्गृ॒हे वस॑ति

IAST Transliteration

tád yásyaiváṁ vidvā́n vrā́tyo’párimitā rā́trīr átithir gṛhé vásati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That man, in whose house the Vrātya—knowing thus—abides as a guest for nights unmeasured, (wins) that (foretold reward).

Translation

凡家中有知此之弗拉提耶（Vrātya）为客，居住无量之夜者——那预告之福报，便归于彼人。

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Word by Word

• तत्: that (this fact/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• विद्वान्: knowing, learned
• विद्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: √विद् (ज्ञाने) → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अपरिमिताः: immeasurable, countless
• अपरिमिताः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-परि-मित (प्रातिपदिक)

• रात्रीः: nights
• रात्रीः: 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: Vrātya (speculative/anonymous Atharvanic tradition; often treated as self-referential in AV 15)

Devata: Vrātya / Atithi (sacralized guest-power)

Chandas: Prose (yajus-like Atharvanic style in AV 15)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta