Atharva Veda 18.4.80: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 80

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्व॒धा पि॒तृभ्यो॑ दिवि॒षद्भ्यः॑

IAST Transliteration

svadhā́ pitṛ́bhyo diví-sád-bhyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svadhā to the Fathers, to the heaven-abiding Fathers.

Translation

Svadhā den Vätern, den im Himmel weilenden Vätern.

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Word by Word

• स्वधा: svadhā; the oblation-formula/offerings to the Fathers
• स्वधा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक) / अव्यय-रूप

• पितृभ्यः: to the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितृभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिविषद्भ्यः: to those seated in heaven (the heavenly-dwelling ones)
• दिविषद्भ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (agentive compound used substantively)
• Root: दिविषद् (प्रातिपदिक; दिवि-षद् ‘sitting in heaven’)

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛ-hymn tradition of AV 18.4 (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Pitṛs (diviṣad class).

Chandas: Formulaic.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta