Mantra 82

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नमो वः पितरो भामाय नमो वः पितरो मन्यवे

IAST Transliteration

námo vaḥ pitaro bhāmā́ya námo vaḥ pitaro manyáve

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Homage to you, O Fathers, for your dread glare; homage to you, O Fathers, for your wrath.

Word by Word

• नमः: obeisance, salutation
• नमः: — (सम्बोधन/नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: to you / your (pl.)
• वः: सम्प्रदान (नमः—कस्मै? युष्मभ्यः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरः: O Fathers / Ancestors
• पितरः: सम्प्रदान (नमः—कस्मै? पितृभ्यः; संबोधन-भावः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भामाय: to (your) wrath / to (your) fiery might
• भामाय: सम्प्रदान (नमः—कस्मै? भामायै = क्रोधाय/तेजसे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘भामा’ = क्रोध/तेजः)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: to you / your (pl.)
• वः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरः: O Fathers / Ancestors
• पितरः: सम्प्रदान (संबोधन-भावः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्यवे: to (your) anger / indignation
• मन्यवे: सम्प्रदान (नमः—कस्मै? मन्यवे = क्रोधाय/रोषाय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛs / Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Pitaraḥ (in their ugra aspect: bhāma, manyu)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (ritual refrain style)

Mantra Rasa

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