Mantra 86
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
येऽत्र पितरः पितरो येऽत्र यूयं स्थ युष्मांस्तेऽनु यूयं तेषां श्रेष्ठा भूयास्थ
IAST Transliteration
yé’trá pitáraḥ pitáro yé’trá yūyáṃ sthá yuṣmā́ṃs té’nu yūyáṃ téṣāṃ śréṣṭhā bhūyātha
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Ye Fathers who are here—ye Fathers who are here and stand present—after you, in your track, may those (of ours) become pre-eminent among them.
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
पितरःfathers; ancestors
पितरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
पितरःfathers; ancestors
पितरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
यूयम्you (pl.)
यूयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्थare; stand
स्थ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
युष्मान्you (pl.)
युष्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter; following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यूयम्you (pl.)
यूयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्रेष्ठाःthe best; most excellent
श्रेष्ठाः:
Kartā (as predicate nominative)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) < श्रे (धातु) + इष्ठ (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
भूयाःmay you become
भूयाः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
स्थbe (you all)
स्थ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Pitṛ-hymn stratum; specific ṛṣi not fixed in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Pitaraḥ (Ancestors)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV funerary prose-verse; metrical regularity variable)
Mantra Rasa
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