Mantra 5

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदा शृतं कृणवो जातवेदोऽथेममेनं परि दत्तात् पितृभ्यः । यदो गच्छात्यसुनीतिमेतामथ देवानां वशनीर्भवाति

IAST Transliteration

yadā́ śrutáṃ kṛṇávo jātavedo 'thémám enaṃ pári dattāt pitṛ́bhyaḥ | yadó gácchāty ásunītim etā́m átha devā́nāṃ vaśanī́r bhavāti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When thou hast made him duly roasted, O Jātavedas, then hand him over, wholly, unto the Fathers. And when he goeth upon this leading-forth of breath, then cometh he under the governance of the Gods.

Word by Word

यदाwhen

श्रुतम्the (funeral) hearing/recitation; the heard (rite)

कृणवःyou do / you perform

जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni)

अथthen

इमम्this (man/person)

एनम्him

परिaround; fully

दत्तात्let him give / let (it) be given

पितृभ्यःto the Fathers (ancestors)

यदःwhen/that which

गच्छातिhe goes

असुनीतिम्the leading of the life-breath; the path/conduct of life

एताम्this

अथthen

देवानाम्of the gods

वशनीःobedient/subject (to their will)

भवातिbecomes

Attribution

Rishi: Anukramaṇī-based funerary attribution (Atharvanic lineages)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Pitṛs; Devas as overseers

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify in critical apparatus)

Mantra Rasa

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