Atharva Veda 18.4.52: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 52

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एदं ब॒र्हिर॑सदो॒ मेध्यो॑ऽभूः॒ प्रति॑ त्वा जानन्तु पि॒तरः॒ परे॑तम्। य॒था॒प॒रु त॒न्वं॑१ सं भ॑रस्व॒ गात्रा॑णि ते॒ ब्रह्म॑णा कल्पयामि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.4.52

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

بر barhis ini engkau telah duduk; engkau telah menjadi layak bagi korban suci: semoga Para Leluhur—yang telah berangkat—mengenal dan menerima engkau. Seperti sendi demi sendi, demikianlah himpunkanlah tubuhmu kembali; anggota-anggota tubuhmu aku tata dengan kuasa Brahman (ucapan suci).

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this (it)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बर्हिः: sacrificial grass, barhis
• बर्हिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असदः: was / became (sat)
• असदः: —
• Type: Verb (finite form used as predicate) / Kṛdanta-like form
• Root: अस् (धातु) + दः (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय; ‘असद्’ = ‘आसीद्/असत्’ इत्यर्थे) / असद् (प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण)

• मेध्यः: pure, fit for sacrifice
• मेध्यः: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभूः: you became
• अभूः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• प्रति: towards, in regard to
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जानन्तु: let (them) know/recognize
• जानन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)

• पितरः: the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• परेतम्: departed, gone beyond (to the other world)
• परेतम्: Karma (त्वा-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: पर-इ (धातु) → परेत (कृदन्त/भूतकृत्) / परेत (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: as, so that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• अपरु: again, anew / in due order (Vedic particle)
• अपरु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपरु (अव्यय/निपात; वैदिक-प्रयोगः)

• तन्वम्: body, person
• तन्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भरस्व: bring together, compose/collect
• भरस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु)

• गात्राणि: limbs, body-parts
• गात्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: by sacred formula/prayer (brahman)
• ब्रह्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पयामि: I arrange/fit/restore
• कल्पयामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु) / कल्पय (णिजन्त-प्रातिपदिक-आधारः)

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

Primary: karuna

Secondary: adbhuta