Mantra 23
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उदह्वमायुरायुषे क्रत्वे दक्षाय जीवसे । स्वान् गच्छतु ते मनो अधा पितॄंरुप द्रव
IAST Transliteration
úd hvám ā́yur ā́yuṣe krátve dákṣāya jīváse | svā́n gácchatu te mánó ádhā pitṝ́n úpa drava ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Forth we call back life for life, for purpose, for skill, for living. Let thy mind go to its own; then hasten thou unto the Fathers.
Word by Word
उदह्वम्call up / invoke (you all)
उदह्वम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-ह्वा (√ह्वा) / उद् + आह्वम् (आह्वानम्)
आयुःlife, lifespan
आयुः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
आयुषेfor (the sake of) long life
आयुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
क्रत्वेfor resolve / power of will
क्रत्वे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिकम्)
दक्षायfor skill / strength / competence
दक्षाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष (प्रातिपदिकम्)
जीवसेfor living; to live
जीवसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (infinitival dative) / Kṛdanta
Rootजीव (प्रातिपदिकम्) / √जीव्
स्वान्one’s own (people/kinsmen)
स्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिकम्)
गच्छतुlet (it) go
गच्छतु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√गम्
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
मनःmind
मनः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
अधाthen, thereafter
अधा:
(सम्बन्ध/काल-निर्देशः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधा
पितॄन्the Fathers (ancestors)
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिकम्)
उपnear, towards
उप:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootउप
द्रवrun; hasten
द्रव:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√द्रु (द्रवति)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer-tradition
Devata: Āyus (Life) and Pitṛs (ancestors) as functional deities
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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