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Atharva Veda 18.2.49: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 49

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये न॑ पि॒तुः पि॒तरो॑ ये पि॑ताम॒हा य आ॑विवि॒शुरु॒र्व॑१न्तरि॑क्षम्। य आ॑क्षि॒यन्ति॑ पृथि॒वीमु॒त द्यां तेभ्यः॑ पि॒तृभ्यो॒ नम॑सा विधेम

IAST Transliteration

yé naḥ pitúḥ pitáraḥ yé pitāmahā́ yá āvivíśur urvàṃ antárikṣam | yá ākṣíyanti pṛthivī́m utá dyā́m tébhyaḥ pitṛ́bhyo námāsā vidhéma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Fathers of our father, and the grandsires, who have entered the broad mid-air; who dwell on Earth and also in Heaven—to those Fathers with reverence would we render worshipful service.

Translation

يا أيها الآباء (Pitṛ) أسلافُنا: آباءُ أبينا، والأجدادُ الأقدمون، الذين دخلوا الفضاءَ الواسعَ بين السماء والأرض (أنتريكشا)؛ والذين يقيمون في الأرض وكذلك في السماء—إليهم، إلى أولئك الآباء، نؤدي بخضوعٍ «نَمَس» خدمةَ العبادة.

Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितुःof the father
पितुः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
पितरःthe fathers / ancestors
पितरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितामहाःgrandfathers
पितामहाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आविविशुःentered
आविविशुः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विश् (प्रवेशने)
उर्वःof the wide (vast)
उर्वः:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootउर्व्/उरु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wide, broad’)
अन्तरिक्षम्the mid-space / atmosphere
अन्तरिक्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आक्षियन्तिdwell / abide
आक्षियन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√क्षि (क्षये/निवासे; here ‘to dwell, abide’)
पृथिवीम्on the earth
पृथिवीम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand / also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (अव्यय)
द्याम्in the sky / heaven
द्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
तेभ्यःto them
तेभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितृभ्यःto the Fathers (ancestors)
पितृभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
नमसाwith reverence / by homage
नमसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विधेमmay we perform (our worship/rite)
विधेम:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे) + वि- (उपसर्ग); ‘विधा’ = to arrange/perform (rite)
Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Pitṛ-hymn seers in AV 18 (often Atharvanic/Angirasa transmission; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Pitaraḥ (the Fathers/Manes)

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (AV 18.2 often employs funeral-liturgical meters; exact chandas per Anukramaṇī).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna

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