Mantra 72

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोमाय पितृमते स्वधा नमः

IAST Transliteration

sómāya pitṛ́mate svadhā́ námaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To Soma, attended by the Fathers—svadhā! reverence.

Word by Word

• सोमाय: to Soma
• सोमाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितृमते: to the one possessing the Fathers (ancestral association)
• पितृमते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पितृमत् (प्रातिपदिक; -मत् प्रत्ययान्त)

• स्वधा: svadhā (ancestral oblation-formula; ritual offering)
• स्वधा: (उद्गारः/सम्बोधनात्मक-प्रयोगः; कारक-अनिश्चित)
• Type: Noun (ritual formula/substance)
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance; homage
• नमः: (उद्गारः/सम्बोधनात्मक-प्रयोगः; कारक-अनिश्चित)
• Type: Indeclinable (fixed nominal form used as interjection)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (not explicit in excerpt)

Devata: Soma (pitṛmate)

Chandas: Formulaic (yajus-like) short verse

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"karuna","emotional_arc":"Sorrow is cooled into tender reverence; ends in quiet sweetness.","listener_experience":"Soothing, consoling, gently devotional.","intensity":3}