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Mantra 1

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पितृमेधः। (८६ ककुम्मती, ८७ शंकुमती), ८८ त्र्यवसाना पथ्यापङ्क्तिः, ८९ पञ्चपदा पथ्यापङ्क्तिः। आ रोहत जनित्रीं जातवेदसः पितृयाणैः सं व आ रोहयामि । अवाड्ढव्येषितो हव्यवाह ईजानं युक्ताः सुकृतां धत्त लोके

IAST Transliteration

ā́ rohata janítrīṃ jātávedasaḥ pitṛyā́ṇaiḥ sáṃ va ā́ rohayāmi | avā́ḍḍhavyéṣito havyavā́ha ījānáṃ yuktā́ḥ sukṛ́tāṃ dhatta lóke ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ascend ye by the Fathers’ pathways unto the Generatrix: with Jātavedas I cause you to mount together. The Oblation-bearer, urged by the offering, hath come from below; harnessed, bestow the well-wrought merit on the sacrificer in his world.

Translation

Ascended por los caminos de los Padres hasta la Generatriz; con Jātavedas os hago subir juntos. El Portador de la oblación, impulsado por la ofrenda, ha subido desde abajo; uncidos, otorgad al sacrificante, en su mundo, el mérito bien obrado.

Word by Word

आtowards; up

रोहतclimb (you all)!

जनित्रीम्the begetter/mother (i.e., the generating one)

जातवेदसःof Jātavedas (Agni)

पितृयाणैःby/with the paths of the Fathers (ancestral ways)

सम्together; completely

वःof you; your

आtowards; up

रोहयामिI cause (you) to mount / I set (you) up

अवाट्he/it went down/away; (Vedic aorist form; sense: ‘has descended/has gone forth’)

आड्ढव्येषितःimpelled/urged (towards the offering); (obscure Vedic compound)

हव्यवाहःthe oblation-carrier (Agni)

ईजानम्the worshipping/sacrificing one

युक्ताःyoked; joined; harnessed

सुकृताम्good deeds/merit (the well-done)

धत्तplace; establish; put (you all)!

लोकेin the world; in the realm

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Atharvanic Pitṛmedha material (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AV 18).

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Pitṛyāna/ancestral path as functional devatā.

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-family in AV 18 funerary sections (exact metrical label in the heading tradition varies).

Mantra Rasa

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