Mantra 83
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नमो वः पितरो यद् घोरं तस्मै नमो वः पितरो यत् क्रूरं तस्मै
IAST Transliteration
námo vaḥ pitaro yád ghóram tásmai námo vaḥ pitaro yát krūrám tásmai
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Homage to you, O Fathers—whatsoever in you is terrible, to that be homage; homage to you, O Fathers—whatsoever in you is cruel, to that be homage.
Word by Word
नमःobeisance, salutation
नमः:
— (सम्बोधन/नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः)
Typeअव्यय (निपातवत् प्रयोगः)
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you / to you (pl.)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of/for you’)
Typeसर्वनाम
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितरःO Fathers/Ancestors
पितरः:
सम्बोधन (addressed ones)
Typeनाम
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्that which
यत्:
विशेष्य/सम्बन्ध (relative: ‘that which’)
Typeसर्वनाम
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
घोरम्terrible, dreadful
घोरम्:
विशेषण (of ‘that which’)
Typeविशेषण
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मैto that
तस्मै:
सम्प्रदान (dative: ‘to that’)
Typeसर्वनाम
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नमःobeisance
नमः:
—
Typeअव्यय (निपातवत् प्रयोगः)
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you / to you (pl.)
वः:
सम्बन्ध
Typeसर्वनाम
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितरःO Ancestors
पितरः:
सम्बोधन
Typeनाम
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्that which
यत्:
विशेष्य/सम्बन्ध
Typeसर्वनाम
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्रूरम्cruel, harsh
क्रूरम्:
विशेषण
Typeविशेषण
Rootक्रूर (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मैto that
तस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
Typeसर्वनाम
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Pitṛs / Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Pitaraḥ (ghora/krūra aspects)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like refrain
Mantra Rasa
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