Mantra 11

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अति द्रव श्वानौ सारमेयौ चतुरक्षौ शबलौ साधुना पथा। अधा पितॄन्त्सुविदत्रां अपीहि यमेन ये सधमादं मदन्ति

IAST Transliteration

áti drava śvā́nau sārameyáu caturákṣau śabálau sādhúnā pathā́ | ádha pitṝ́nt suvidátrān ápīhi yaména yé sadhámādaṃ mádanti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Haste past the two Dogs, Saramā’s brood, the four-eyed, the brindled, by the goodly path. Then go thou forth unto the Fathers, easy to be found, with Yama—unto them who in the common feast rejoice.

Translation

हे (प्राणी), सरमा की सन्तान वे दो कुत्ते—चार-आँखों वाले, चितकबरे—उनसे शुभ पथ से शीघ्र आगे निकल जा। फिर यम के साथ, सुगमता से पाए जाने वाले पितरों के पास जा—उनके पास जो समान भोज में आनन्दित होते हैं।

Word by Word

अतिbeyond; over; away

द्रवrun!; hasten!

श्वानौthe two dogs

सारमेयौthe two offspring of Saramā (Saramā’s dogs)

चतुरक्षौfour-eyed

शबलौspotted; variegated

साधुनाby the good/right

पथाby the path; along the way

अधाthen; thereafter

पितॄन्the Fathers; ancestors

सुविदत्रान्well-found/clearly found; readily discoverable

अपिalso; moreover

इहिgo!; come!

यमेनwith Yama

येwho

सधमादम्the common feast; shared revel

मदन्तिthey rejoice; are exhilarated

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funeral tradition (AV 18)

Devata: Yama (and his two dogs as subsidiary agents); Pitṛs as destination

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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