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Atharva Veda 18.4.52: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 52

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एदं ब॒र्हिर॑सदो॒ मेध्यो॑ऽभूः॒ प्रति॑ त्वा जानन्तु पि॒तरः॒ परे॑तम्। य॒था॒प॒रु त॒न्वं॑१ सं भ॑रस्व॒ गात्रा॑णि ते॒ ब्रह्म॑णा कल्पयामि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.4.52
IAST Transliteration

etád barhír asádo medhyó ’bhūḥ práti tvā jānantu pitáraḥ parétam | yáthāparu tanvàṃ sáṃ bharasva gā́trāṇi te bráhmaṇā kalpayāmi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

On this Barhis thou hast sat; thou hast become meet for sacrifice: may the Fathers acknowledge thee, the Departed. As joint by joint, so do thou gather thy body together; thy limbs I duly fashion by the power of sacred speech.

Translation

Auf dieses Barhis hast du dich gesetzt; opfertauglich bist du geworden: mögen dich die Väter, die Hingegangenen, anerkennen. Wie Glied an Glied, so füge deinen Leib wieder zusammen; deine Glieder richte ich ordnungsgemäß zu durch die Kraft des Brahman — der heiligen Rede.

Word by Word
इदम्this (it)
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बर्हिःsacrificial grass, barhis
बर्हिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
असदःwas / became (sat)
असदः:
—
TypeVerb (finite form used as predicate) / Kṛdanta-like form
Rootअस् (धातु) + दः (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय; ‘असद्’ = ‘आसीद्/असत्’ इत्यर्थे) / असद् (प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण)
मेध्यःpure, fit for sacrifice
मेध्यः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्) / Predicate adjective
TypeAdjective
Rootमेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अभूःyou became
अभूः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
प्रतिtowards, in regard to
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (अव्यय)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जानन्तुlet (them) know/recognize
जानन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
पितरःthe Fathers (ancestors)
पितरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
परेतम्departed, gone beyond (to the other world)
परेतम्:
Karma (त्वा-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootपर-इ (धातु) → परेत (कृदन्त/भूतकृत्) / परेत (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, so that
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
अपरुagain, anew / in due order (Vedic particle)
अपरु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपरु (अव्यय/निपात; वैदिक-प्रयोगः)
तन्वम्body, person
तन्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
भरस्वbring together, compose/collect
भरस्व:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभृ (धातु)
गात्राणिlimbs, body-parts
गात्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मणाby sacred formula/prayer (brahman)
ब्रह्मणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
कल्पयामिI arrange/fit/restore
कल्पयामि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप् (धातु) / कल्पय (णिजन्त-प्रातिपदिक-आधारः)
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer-tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution variable).

Devata: Pitṛs; brahman as operative power; the deceased addressed.

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like (with Atharvanic metrical flexibility).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: karuna

Secondary: adbhuta

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