Mantra 68

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये३स्माकं पितरस्तेषां बर्हिरसि

IAST Transliteration

yé ’smā́kaṃ pitáraḥ téṣāṃ barhír asi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art the sacred grass-seat for those Fathers of ours who are our own.

Word by Word

• ये: who/which (those who)
• ये: Kartā (सम्बन्धवाचक/निर्देशक) तथा ‘पितरः’ का विशेषण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरः: fathers; ancestors
• पितरः: Kartā (मुख्य कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेषाम्: of them / of those
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of them/those’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बर्हिः: sacrificial grass (barhis)
• बर्हिः: Kartā/प्रत्ययार्थ-सम्बन्ध (नामपद: ‘the barhis’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic ritual tradition

Devata: Pitṛs (lineage ancestors); Barhis as ritual implement

Chandas: Truncated/Anuṣṭubh fragment (ritual formula)

Mantra Rasa

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