Mantra 79

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्वधा पितृभ्यो अन्तरिक्षसद्भ्यः

IAST Transliteration

svadhā́ pitṛ́bhyo antárikṣa-sád-bhyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Svadhā to the Fathers, to the mid-air-abiding Fathers.

Word by Word

• स्वधा: with the svadhā-offering; svadhā (ritual oblation-formula for the Fathers)
• स्वधा: Karaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक) / अव्यय-शब्द

• पितृभ्यः: to/for the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितृभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षसद्भ्यः: to/for those dwelling in the mid-air (intermediate region)
• अन्तरिक्षसद्भ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: अन्तरिक्षसद् (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: अन्तरिक्ष + सद् < √सद् ‘to sit/dwell’)

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛ-hymn tradition of AV 18.4 (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Pitṛs (antarikṣasad class).

Chandas: Formulaic.

Mantra Rasa

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