Mantra 46

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये नः पितुः पितरो ये पितामहा अनूजहिरे सोमपीथं वसिष्ठाः । तेभिर्यमः संरराणो हवींष्युशन्नुशद्भिः प्रतिकाममत्तु

IAST Transliteration

yé naḥ pitúḥ pitáro yé pitāmahā́ anūjahiré somapī́thaṃ vasíṣṭhāḥ | tébhir yamáḥ sáṃrarāṇó havī́ṃṣy uśán uśádbhiḥ pratikā́mam attu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They who are Fathers of our father, they who are grandfathers, who in succession reached the Soma-drinking—those most excellent: with them let Yama, rejoicing, eat the oblations, himself desiring, with the desirous, according to each wish.

Translation

Die, die Väter unseres Vaters sind, die, die Großväter sind, die in Folge das Soma-Trinken (somapītha) erreichten — die Vorzüglichsten: mit ihnen möge Yama, frohlockend, die Havis (Opfergaben) genießen, selbst begehrend, mit den Begehrenden, nach jedem Wunsch.

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

नःof us / our

पितुःof (our) father

पितरःfathers, forefathers

येwho

पितामहाःgrandfathers

अनूजहिरेhave followed/come after (in succession)

सोमपीथम्the Soma-drinking (draught/feast)

वसिष्ठाःthe Vasiṣṭhas (Vasiṣṭha clan/sages)

तेभिःwith them / by them

यमःYama

संरराणःbringing together / assembling

हवींषिoblations

उशन्desiring

उशद्भिःwith the desirous (ones)

प्रतिकामम्according to (each) desire / as wished

अत्तुlet him eat / may he partake

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛ-hymn seer per AV Anukramaṇī tradition (edition-specific)

Devata: Pitaraḥ and Yama

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (mixed cadence; consult edition metrical apparatus)

Mantra Rasa

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