Mantra 18
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
चतुर्होतार आप्रियश्चातुर्मास्यानि नीविदः । उच्छिष्टे यज्ञाः होत्राः पशुबन्धास्तदिष्टयः
IAST Transliteration
catúrhotāra āpríyaś cāturmāsyā́ni nivídaḥ | ucchiṣṭé yajñā́ hotrā́ḥ paśubandhā́s tád iṣṭáyaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The four Hotṛs, the Āprī verses, the Cāturmāsya rites, the Nivid formulas—in Ucchiṣṭa are the sacrifices, the Hotṛ-offerings, the Paśubandhas, those Iṣṭis.
Word by Word
चतुःfour
चतुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootचतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
होतारःpriests/offerers (hotṛs)
होतारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer/sacrifice’ से)
आप्रियःdear/pleasing
आप्रियः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootआप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
चातुर्मास्यानिthe Cāturmāsya rites (seasonal four-monthly sacrifices)
चातुर्मास्यानि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootचातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नीविदःinvocations/recitations called nīvids
नीविदः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनीविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
उच्छिष्टेin/at the remainder; in what is left over
उच्छिष्टे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (locative used adverbially)
Rootउच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञाःsacrifices
यज्ञाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; √यज्)
होत्राःhotṛ-offerings / priestly oblations
होत्राः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक; √हु)
पशुबन्धाःanimal-ties; animal sacrifices
पशुबन्धाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपशुबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that; those (all that)
तत्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इष्टयःofferings; sacrificial rites
इष्टयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; √यज्)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic seers (traditional lists vary)
Devata: Ucchiṣṭa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (mixed/irregular)
Mantra Rasa
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