Mantra 87
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
य इह पितरो जीवा इह वयं स्मः । अस्मांस्तेऽनु वयं तेषां श्रेष्ठा भूयास्म
IAST Transliteration
yá ihá pitáro jīvā́ ihá vayáṃ smáḥ | asmā́ṃs té’nu vayáṃ téṣāṃ śréṣṭhā bhūyāsma
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Those Fathers who are living here, and we who are here—following after them, may we become the foremost of them.
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
पितरःthe Fathers / ancestors
पितरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
जीवाःliving, alive
जीवाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootजीव (प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्मःare
स्मः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेthey (those)
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter, following
अनु:
(क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्रेष्ठाःbest, most excellent
श्रेष्ठाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
भूयास्मmay we become / may we be
भूयास्म:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Pitṛ-hymn stratum; specific ṛṣi not fixed in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Pitaraḥ (Ancestors; including living elders by extension)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (variable)
Mantra Rasa
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