Mantra 21

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपूपवानन्नवांश्चरुरेह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

IAST Transliteration

apūpavā́n annavā́ṃś carúr eha sī́datu | lokakṛ́taḥ pathikṛ́to yajāmahe yé devā́nāṃ hutabhā́gā ihá sthá

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the cooked oblation, rich in cake and rich in food, be set down here. We do sacrifice unto the World-builders, the Path-makers, who have their portion in the gods’ oblation: be ye here present.

Translation

Qu’ici soit déposée l’offrande cuite (caru), riche en gâteau sacrificiel (apūpa) et riche en nourriture. Aux Bâtisseurs des mondes (Lokakṛt), aux Faiseurs de chemin (Pathikṛt), nous offrons le sacrifice, à ceux qui ont leur part dans l’oblation des dieux : soyez ici présents.

Word by Word

• अपूपवान्: having cakes (offering-cakes)
• अपूपवान्: कर्तृ (आह्वेय/आगन्ता) अथवा विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपूप-वत् (प्रातिपदिक) ← अपूप

• नवांश्च: new (ones), and
• नवांश्च: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-आह्वेयाः) अथवा विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक)

• चरुः: the sacrificial porridge (caru)
• चरुः: कर्तृ (आह्वेय/आगन्ता) अथवा विषयः
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सीदतु: let (him/it) sit down / take a seat
• सीदतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीद) उपवेशने

• लोककृतः: world-makers; those who have made/ordered the world
• लोककृतः: कर्तृ (यजामहे इत्यस्य) / विशेष्याः
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: लोक-कृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) ← √कृ (करणे)

• पथिकृतः: path-makers; those who have made the path
• पथिकृतः: कर्तृ (यजामहे इत्यस्य) / विशेष्याः
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पथि-कृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) ← √कृ (करणे)

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

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

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हुतभागाः: having a share in the oblation; entitled to offerings
• हुतभागाः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (ये ...)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हुत-भाग (समास-प्रातिपदिक); हुत (√हु क्त) + भाग

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

• स्थ: be (present)! / stay!
• स्थ: क्रिया (आह्वान/आशीः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू/सत्तायाम्) — वैदिकः 2nd pl. imperative/ injunctive form

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers in the AV 18 funerary corpus (often treated as Atharvan/Angiras lineage in ancillary tradition).

Devata: Lokakṛt and Pathikṛt (collective ordainers; often interpreted in a pitṛ/divine-ordainer register).

Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in this refrain-formula (edition-dependent scansion).

Mantra Rasa

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