Mantra 19

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपूपवान् घृतवांश्चरुरेह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

IAST Transliteration

apūpavā́n ghr̥tavā́ṁś carúr eha sī́datu | lokakŕ̥taḥ pathikŕ̥to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṁ hutabhā́gā ihá stha ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the cooked oblation, furnished with cake and rich in ghee, sit down here. We sacrifice unto the World-makers, the Path-makers—those who, of the Gods, possess a share in the offered gift—be ye here present.

Word by Word

• अपूपवान्: having cakes (apūpa)
• अपूपवान्: कर्तृ (सीदतु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपूप- (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृतवान्: possessing ghee
• घृतवान्: कर्तृ (सीदतु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चरुः: the oblation-porridge (caru)
• चरुः: कर्तृ (सीदतु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• सीदतु: let (it) sit down / be placed
• सीदतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीद्)

• लोककृतः: world-makers / creators of the world
• लोककृतः: कर्तृ (यजामहे इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (substantival)
• Root: लोककृत्- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; लोकं करोति इति)

• पथिकृतः: path-makers / makers of the path
• पथिकृतः: कर्तृ (यजामहे इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (substantival)
• Root: पथिकृत्- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पथिं करोति इति)

• यजामहे: we worship / we sacrifice
• यजामहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज्

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: सम्बन्ध/अन्वय (लोककृतः…पथिकृतः इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (हुुतभागाः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतभागाः: having a share in the oblation / entitled to offerings
• हुतभागाः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (ये… इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantival)
• Root: हुतभाग- (समास-प्रातिपदिक; हुतस्य भागः)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्थ: be (present) / abide
• स्थ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू) → स्थ (वेदिक 2nd pl. imperative/ injunctive form used as ‘be!’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (funerary book; variable anukramaṇī attributions)

Devata: Lokakṛt/Pathikṛt powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic variation)

Mantra Rasa

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