Mantra 19

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद् वो मुद्रं पितरः सोम्यं च तेनो सचध्वं स्वयशसो हि भूत। ते अर्वाणः कवय आ शृणोत सुविदत्रा विदथे हूयमानाः

IAST Transliteration

yád vo mudráṃ pitaraḥ somyáṃ ca ténó sacadhvaṃ sváyaśaso hí bhū́ta | té arvāṇaḥ kaváya ā́ śṛṇota suvidatrā́ vidáthe hūyámānāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What token, O Fathers, and what Soma-gladdening sign is yours—therewith consort ye, for ye are of self-won glory. Ye swift ones, ye sages, hearken hither, good givers, being called in the rite-assembly.

Translation

ହେ ପିତୃମାନେ, ତୁମମାନଙ୍କର ଯେ ମୁଦ୍ରା-ଚିହ୍ନ ଅଛି ଏବଂ ଯେ ସୋମ୍ୟ (ସୋମଦ୍ୱାରା ହର୍ଷଦାୟକ) ନିଶାନ ଅଛି—ସେହି ସହିତ ତୁମେ ସଂଯୁକ୍ତ ହେଉ; କାରଣ ତୁମେ ସ୍ୱୟଂ-ଅର୍ଜିତ ଯଶସ୍ବୀ। ହେ ଦ୍ରୁତଗାମୀ (ଅର୍ବାଣଃ), ହେ କବି-ଋଷିମାନେ, ଏଠାରେ ଶୁଣ; ହେ ସୁବିଦାତ୍ରା (ଶୁଭ ଦାତା), ବିଦଥ (ଯଜ୍ଞସଭା)ରେ ଆହ୍ୱାନିତ ହୋଇ ଆସ।

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you/your
• वः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मुद्रम्: seal/token/mark (amuletic sign)
• मुद्रम्: कर्म (of ‘सचध्वम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरः: the Fathers/ancestors
• पितरः: कर्ता (of implied ‘ददुः/अददन्’ etc.)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम्यम्: Soma-related, auspicious
• सोम्यम्: कर्म (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तेन: with that/thereby
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• सचध्वम्: join/attach yourselves; associate
• सचध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु; ‘सचँ’ = सहचर्ये/संयोगे)

• स्वयशसः: self-glorious, of own renown
• स्वयशसः: कर्ता (of ‘भूत’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वयशस् (प्रातिपदिक; स्व-यशस्)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• भूत: having become; being
• भूत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• ते: they/those
• ते: कर्ता (of ‘शृणोत’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• अर्वाणः: swift ones/steeds (or swift men)
• अर्वाणः: कर्ता (apposition to ‘ते’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कवयः: seers/poets
• कवयः: कर्ता (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither, forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• शृणोत: hear (you all)!
• शृणोत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)

• सुविदत्राः: good givers/bestowers
• सुविदत्राः: कर्ता (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुविदत्र (प्रातिपदिक; सु-विदत्र)

• विदथे: in the assembly/ritual gathering
• विदथे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• हूयमानाः: being called/invoked
• हूयमानाः: कर्ता (qualifier: ‘being invoked’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे (धातु; √ह्वा/ह्वे = आह्वाने)

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛs/ancestral seers (traditional attribution within AV 18 as pitṛ-focused; specific ṛṣi as per anukramaṇī varies by school)

Devata: Pitaraḥ (Fathers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; AV 18.3 frequently uses RV-style triṣṭubh in pitṛ hymns)

Mantra Rasa

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