Mantra 52

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एदं बर्हिरसदो मेध्योऽभूः प्रति त्वा जानन्तु पितरः परेतम्। यथापरु तन्वं१ सं भरस्व गात्राणि ते ब्रह्मणा कल्पयामि

IAST Transliteration

etád barhír asádo medhyó ’bhūḥ práti tvā jānantu pitáraḥ parétam | yáthāparu tanvàṃ sáṃ bharasva gā́trāṇi te bráhmaṇā kalpayāmi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

On this Barhis thou hast sat; thou hast become meet for sacrifice: may the Fathers acknowledge thee, the Departed. As joint by joint, so do thou gather thy body together; thy limbs I duly fashion by the power of sacred speech.

Translation

ഈ ബർഹിസ്‌മേൽ നീ ഇരുന്നിരിക്കുന്നു; നീ യാഗയോഗ്യനായിരിക്കുന്നു—പരേതരായ പിതൃകൾ നിന്നെ തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞു സ്വീകരിക്കട്ടെ. സന്ധി സന്ധിയായി എങ്ങനെ ആണോ, അങ്ങനെ നീ നിന്റെ ശരീരം ഒന്നിച്ചു കൂട്ടുക; നിന്റെ അവയവങ്ങളെ ഞാൻ ബ്രഹ്മ (പവിത്ര വാക്ക്)യുടെ ശക്തിയാൽ യഥാവിധി ക്രമപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു.

Word by Word

इदम्this (it)

बर्हिःsacrificial grass, barhis

असदःwas / became (sat)

मेध्यःpure, fit for sacrifice

अभूःyou became

प्रतिtowards, in regard to

त्वाyou

जानन्तुlet (them) know/recognize

पितरःthe Fathers (ancestors)

परेतम्departed, gone beyond (to the other world)

यथाas, so that

अपरुagain, anew / in due order (Vedic particle)

तन्वम्body, person

सम्together, completely

भरस्वbring together, compose/collect

गात्राणिlimbs, body-parts

तेof you, your

ब्रह्मणाby sacred formula/prayer (brahman)

कल्पयामिI arrange/fit/restore

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary seer-tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution variable).

Devata: Pitṛs; brahman as operative power; the deceased addressed.

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like (with Atharvanic metrical flexibility).

Mantra Rasa

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