Atharva Veda 18.4.78: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 78

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्व॒धा पि॒तृभ्यः॑ पृथिवि॒षद्भ्यः॑

IAST Transliteration

svadhā́ pitṛ́bhyaḥ pṛthivī-sád-bhyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svadhā to the Fathers, to the earth-abiding Fathers.

Translation

स्वधा पितरों के लिए। जो पित्र धरती पर रहते हैं, उनके लिए भी।

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Word by Word

• स्वधा: svadhā! (ritual exclamation/oblation-formula for the Fathers)
• स्वधा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितृभ्यः: to/for the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितृभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिविषद्भ्यः: to/for those dwelling on the earth (earth-abiding Fathers)
• पृथिविषद्भ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet) / Adjective used substantively
• Root: पृथिविषद् (प्रातिपदिक; पृथिवी + सद् ‘sitting/dwelling’)

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛ-hymn tradition of AV 18.4 (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Pitṛs (pṛthivīṣad class).

Chandas: Formulaic (short pāda-like unit).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna