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.

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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