Mantra 76

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एत् ते ततामह स्वधा ये च त्वामनु

IAST Transliteration

et té tatāmaha svadhā́ yé ca tvā́m ánu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, O Great-grandsire, is for thee—Svadhā!—and for those also who attend upon thee.

Word by Word

• एत्: this (as object: this [offering/act])
• एत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एत् (नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; वैदिक-प्रयोगः)

• ते: to/for you; your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ततामह: the great-grandfather
• ततामह: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ततामह (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वधा: svadhā (ancestral oblation-formula; offering to Pitṛs)
• स्वधा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; along; in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Pitṛ-hymn seers in AV 18 (often Atharvanic/Angiras lineages; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Pitṛs (specifically the tatāmaha and those who follow him).

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late AV funerary prose-verse tendencies; not securely anustubh in this fragment).

Mantra Rasa

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