Mantra 37

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इदं कसाम्बु चयनेन चितं तत् सजाता अव पश्यतेत । मर्त्योऽयममृतत्वमेति तस्मै गृहान् कृणुत यावत्सबन्धु

IAST Transliteration

idáṁ kasā́mbu cáyanena citáṁ tát sajātā́ áva paśyatétát | mártyo ’yám amṛtatvám eti tásmai gṛhā́n kṛṇuta yāvátsabándhu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This kasa-water, built up by the piling—behold it well, ye kinsmen. This mortal attains deathlessness: for him make ye dwellings, so far as kinship reaches.

Word by Word

इदम्this (thing)

कसाम्बुa certain (ritual) substance/mixture (kasa-ambu)

चयनेनby/with the piling (up), by the building

चितम्piled up, built

तत्that

सजाताḥkinsmen, those of the same birth/lineage

अवdown, forth; (intensifier with verb)

पश्यतेthey look/see

इतिthus

मर्त्यःa mortal

अयम्this (one)

अमृतत्वम्immortality

एतिgoes, attains

तस्मैto him

गृहान्houses, dwellings

कृणुतmake, build

यावत्as much as, as far as

सबन्धुtogether with (his) kin; with relatives

Attribution

Rishi: Ancestral/Atharvanic tradition (AV 18 funerary corpus).

Devata: Pitṛs / the state of Amṛtatva (as goal), with kin (sajātāḥ) as addressed participants.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (expanded line-length; not strict anuṣṭubh).

Mantra Rasa

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