Mantra 73

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पितृभ्यः सोमवद्भ्यः स्वधा नमः

IAST Transliteration

pitṛ́bhyaḥ sómavadbhyaḥ svadhā́ námaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To the Fathers, Soma-possessing—svadhā! reverence.

Word by Word

• पितृभ्यः: to the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितृभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमवत्भ्यः: to those possessing Soma / Soma-offerings
• सोमवत्भ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोमवत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)

• स्वधा: svadhā (ancestral oblation-formula)
• स्वधा: (उद्गार/सम्बोधन-प्रायः; कारक-निर्धारणं न मुख्यं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance / homage
• नमः: (क्रियाफल/भाव; दत्तिः/अर्पणभावः—सम्प्रदानार्थे चतुर्थ्या सह)
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like in usage)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (not explicit in excerpt)

Devata: Pitṛs (as somavadbhyaḥ)

Chandas: Formulaic short verse

Mantra Rasa

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