Mantra 67

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शुम्भन्तां लोकाः पितृषदनाः पितृषदने त्वा लोक आ सादयामि

IAST Transliteration

śúmbhantāṃ lokā́ḥ pitṛ́ṣadanāḥ pitṛ́ṣadane tvā loká ā́ sādayāmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the worlds, the Fathers’ seats, be made fair: in the Fathers’ seat, in that world, I set thee down and establish thee.

Translation

പിതൃസദനമായ ലോകങ്ങൾ ശോഭിക്കട്ടെ, ശുദ്ധിയാർന്നവയാകട്ടെ. പിതൃസദനത്തിൽ, ആ ലോകത്തിൽ, ഞാൻ നിന്നെ ഇരുത്തി സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• शुम्भन्ताम्: let (them) be adorned / become splendid
• शुम्भन्ताम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (धातु)

• लोकाः: the worlds / realms
• लोकाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितृषदनाः: (worlds) that are the abodes/seats of the Fathers (Pitṛs)
• पितृषदनाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: पितृ- + सदन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘seat/dwelling’)

• पितृषदने: in/at the abode of the Fathers
• पितृषदने: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: पितृ- + सदन (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकः: the world / realm
• लोकः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: (क्रिया-विशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सादयामि: I cause (you) to sit/place; I seat/establish
• सादयामि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) + णिच् (कारण) → सादयति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (collective attribution typical of AV 18)

Devata: Pitṛs (Fathers), Pitṛloka

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (ritual verse)

Mantra Rasa

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