Mantra 65

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभूद् दूतः प्रहितो जातवेदाः सायं न्यह्न उपवन्द्यो नृभिः । प्रादाः पितृभ्यः स्वधया ते अक्षन्नद्धि त्वं देव प्रयता हवींषि

IAST Transliteration

ábhūd dūtáḥ práhito jātávedāḥ sāyáṃ nyàhṇa upavándyo nṛ́bhiḥ | prā́dāḥ pitṛ́bhyaḥ svadháyā te ákṣann áddhi tváṃ deva práyatā havī́ṃṣi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Jātavedas became the messenger, dispatched—at evening, at the day’s decline, to be reverenced by men. Thou hast delivered unto the Fathers with svadhā; they have eaten. Do thou, O god, eat the duly presented oblations.

Translation

ജാതവേദൻ ദൂതനായി—പ്രേഷിതനായി—സന്ധ്യാസമയത്ത്, ദിനം ചായുമ്പോൾ, മനുഷ്യർ ഉപവന്ദിക്കുന്നവനായി. നീ സ്വധയോടെ പിതാക്കൾക്കു സമർപ്പിച്ചു; അവർ ഭുജിച്ചു. ഹേ ദേവാ! യഥാവിധി സമർപ്പിച്ച ഹവിഷ്യങ്ങൾ നീയും ഭുജിക്കു.

Word by Word

अभूत्became; was

दूतःmessenger

प्रहितःsent forth; dispatched

जातवेदाःJātavedas (Agni)

सायम्in the evening

निdown; in

अह्नःof the day

उपवन्द्यःworthy of salutation

नृभिःby men

प्रादाःyou gave forth; you granted

पितृभ्यःto the Fathers (ancestors)

स्वधयाwith svadhā (ancestral oblation/food)

तेyour

अक्षन्they ate

अद्धिeat!

त्वम्you

देवO god (O Deva)

प्रयताprepared; duly offered

हवींषिoblations

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛ-hymn seer tradition of AV 18

Devata: Agni Jātavedas (primary), Pitaraḥ (secondary recipients)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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