Mantra 35

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वैश्वानरे हविरिदं जुहोमि साहस्रं शतधारमुत्सम्। स बिभर्ति पितरं पितामहान् प्रपितामहान् बिभर्ति पिन्वमानः

IAST Transliteration

vaiśvānaráe havír idáṁ juhomi sāhasráṁ śatádhāram útsam | sá bibharti pitáraṁ pitāmahā́n prápitāmahā́n bibharti pínvamānaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To Vaiśvānara I offer here this oblation, a fountain thousandfold, with hundred streams. He beareth the father, he beareth the grandsires; the great-grandsires he beareth, waxing full.

Word by Word

• वैश्वानरे: in/unto Vaiśvānara (Agni)
• वैश्वानरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेष) अथवा वैश्वानर- (विशेषण)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जुहोमि: I offer (into the fire)
• जुहोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)

• साहस्रम्: thousand-fold / of a thousand
• साहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हजार’)

• शतधारम्: having a hundred streams
• शतधारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतधार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शत-धारा’)

• उत्सम्: spring, fountain
• उत्सम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बिभर्ति: bears, supports
• बिभर्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु)

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितामहान्: grandfathers
• पितामहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रपितामहान्: great-grandfathers
• प्रपितामहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)

• बिभर्ति: bears, supports
• बिभर्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु)

• पिन्वमानः: being invigorated / swelling, prospering
• पिन्वमानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: पिन्व्/पिव् (धातु; ‘पिन्वति’ = प्रीणयति/वर्धयति) → पिन्वमान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛmedha tradition

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara (as carrier/sustainer of Pitṛs)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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