Mantra 34

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपावृत्य गार्हपत्यात् क्रव्यादा प्रेत दक्षिणा। प्रियं पितृभ्य आत्मने ब्रह्मभ्यः कृणुता प्रियम्

IAST Transliteration

apā́vṛtya gā́rhapatyāt kravyā́dāt prá ita dakṣiṇā́ | priyáṃ pitṛ́bhya ātmáne bráhmabhyaḥ kṛṇuta priyám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Having turned away from the Household Fire the flesh-devouring power, go forth to the right: make ye what is dear for the Fathers, dear for oneself, dear for the Brahmans.

Word by Word

• अपावृत्य: having turned away / having removed
• अपावृत्य: Karaṇa (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण—‘अपावृत्य’ = ‘अपसार्य/निवार्य’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप-√वृत् (वर्तते/वृणोति) → क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय

• गार्हपत्यात्: from the Gārhapatya (household fire)
• गार्हपत्यात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हपत्य (प्रातिपदिक; गार्हपत्य-अग्नि/गार्हपत्यस्थान)

• क्रव्यादः: the flesh-eater (demon/evil being)
• क्रव्यादः: Kartā (आदेशवाक्ये संबोधनार्थेऽपि—‘क्रव्यादः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कच्चिद् मांसभक्षः’/‘corpse-eater’)

• प्रेत: go forth! depart!
• प्रेत: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (गम्) + प्र- (लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष एकवचन)

• दक्षिणा: to the south
• दक्षिणा: Karma (गमनस्य लक्ष्य/दिशा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियम्: what is dear / a pleasing (thing)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• आत्मने: for oneself / for the self
• आत्मने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मभ्यः: for the Brahmans / for sacred power (brahman)
• ब्रह्मभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुत: make! do!
• कृणुत: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) (लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष बहुवचन)

• प्रियम्: what is dear / a pleasing (thing)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Agni (gārhapatya) and the expulsion of Kravyād; Pitṛs as beneficiaries

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic)

Mantra Rasa

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