Mantra 51

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इदं पितृभ्यः प्र भरामि बर्हिर्जीवं देवेभ्य उत्तरं स्तृणामि । तदा रोह पुरुष मेध्यो भवन् प्रति त्वा जानन्तु पितरः परेतम्

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ pitṛ́bhyaḥ prá bharāmi barhír jīváṃ devébhya úttaraṃ stṛṇāmi | tadā́ róha puruṣa medhyó bhávan práti tvā jānantu pitáraḥ parétam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This sacred strewing I bring forth for the Fathers; for the Gods I spread the living, higher Barhis. Then do thou ascend, O man, becoming meet for sacrifice: may the Fathers, the Departed, acknowledge thee.

Translation

ഈ ബർഹിസ്‌ (പവിത്ര കുശപ്പുല്ലിന്റെ പായ) ഞാൻ പിതൃകൾക്കായി അർപ്പണമായി മുന്നോട്ടു കൊണ്ടുവരുന്നു; ദേവന്മാർക്കായി ജീവന്തമായ, ഉയർന്ന ബർഹിസ്‌ ഞാൻ വിരിക്കുന്നു. അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ പുരുഷാ, നീ ഉയർന്നു കയറുക—യാഗയോഗ്യനായി; പരേതരായ പിതൃകൾ നിന്നെ തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞു സ്വീകരിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

इदम्this (offering/thing)

पितृभ्यःto the Fathers (ancestors)

प्रforth, forward (intensifier)

भरामिI bring / I offer

बर्हिःthe sacred grass (barhis)

जीवम्living, alive

देवेभ्यःto the gods

उत्तरम्higher, upper, further

स्तृणामिI spread, I strew

तदाthen

रोहascend, mount, rise

पुरुषO man / O person

मेध्यःfit for sacrifice, pure

भवन्being, becoming

प्रतिtowards, in regard to

त्वाyou

जानन्तुlet (them) know, recognize

पितरःthe Fathers (ancestors)

परेतम्the departed one

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic funerary seers (Anuṣṭubh corpus of AV 18; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Pitṛs (primary), Devas (secondary), with the deceased addressed directly.

Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in AV funerary verses (exact metrical scansion may be irregular).

Mantra Rasa

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