Mantra 3
Sukta 10.172
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पितुभृतो न तन्तुमित्सुदानवः प्रति दध्मो यजामसि ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
पि॒तु॒भृतो॒ न तन्तु॒मित्सु॒दान॑व॒: प्रति॑ दध्मो॒ यजा॑मसि ॥
Transliteration
pitubhṛ́to ná tántum ít sudā́navaḥ práti dadhmo yájāmasi ||
Translation
As bearers of the nurturing drink, we set the thread in its right place; O generous powers, we establish it firmly and we sacrifice—holding together the continuity of the work.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
पि॒तु॒ऽभृतः॑ । न । तन्तु॑म् । इत् । सु॒ऽदान॑वः । प्रति॑ । द॒ध्मः॒ । यजा॑मसि ॥पितुभृतः । न । तन्तुम् । इत् । सुदानवः । प्रति । दध्मः । यजामसि ॥pitu-bhṛtaḥ | na | tantum | it | su-dānavaḥ | prati | dadhmaḥ | yajāmasi
Word by Word
पितृभृतःbearing/supporting the fathers (ancestral supporters)
पितृभृतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa-like compound used adjectivally)
Rootपितृ- + भृत् (√भृ ‘to bear, support’)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तन्तुम्the thread, cord
तन्तुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतन्तु-
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्
सुदानवःthe bounteous ones / generous (gods)
सुदानवः:
Kartā (apposition to subject)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootसु- + दानु- (prātipadika दानु- ‘giver’; here ‘bounteous’)
प्रतिtowards, in return, back
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)
Rootप्रति
दध्मःwe place, we set
दध्मः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धातु: धा ‘to put, place’)
यजामसिwe worship, we sacrifice
यजामसि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√यज् (यज् ‘to worship, sacrifice’)