Mantra 10

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अव सृज पुनरग्ने पितृभ्यो यस्त आहुतश्चरति स्वधावान्। आयुर्वसान उप यातु शेषः सं गच्छतां तन्वा सुवर्चाः

IAST Transliteration

áva sṛja púnar agne pitṛ́bhyo yás ta āhútaś cárati svadhā́vān | āyúrvásāna úpa yātu śéṣaḥ sáṃ gacchatāṃ tanvā̀ suvárchāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Send him away again, O Agni, unto the Fathers—him who, offered to thee, fareth on, possessed of svadhā. Let what remaineth, clothing itself with life, draw near; let it come together wholly with the body, in goodly radiance.

Word by Word

अवdown, away (as a preverb)

सृजrelease, let go

पुनःagain, back

अग्नेO Agni

पितृभ्यःto the Fathers/ancestors

यःwho

तेof you, your

आहुतःoffered (as an oblation)

चरतिmoves, goes, proceeds

स्वधावान्possessing svadhā (ancestral offering-power), endowed with svadhā

आयुःlife, lifespan

वसानःclothing, putting on; invested with

उपtowards, near (as a preverb)

यातुlet (it) go/come

शेषःthe remainder, what is left

सम्together, completely (as a preverb)

गच्छताम्let them go/come together

तन्वाwith the body, bodily

सुवर्चाःof good radiance/splendour, fair-lustrous

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funeral tradition (AV 18); specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī

Devata: Agni (as Pitṛ-yāna conductor) and Pitṛs (as recipients)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (common in this sequence; metrical irregularities possible)

Mantra Rasa

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