Mantra 59

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये नः पितुः पितरो ये पितामहा य आविविशुरुर्व१न्तरिक्षम्। तेभ्यः स्वराडसुनीतिर्नो अद्य वथावशं तन्वः कल्पयाति

IAST Transliteration

yé naḥ pitúḥ pitáraḥ yé pitāmahā́ yá āvivíśur urvàṃ antárikṣam | tébhyaḥ svarā́ḍ ásunītir no adyá vathāváśaṃ tanvàḥ kalpayāti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those Fathers of our father, those grandsires, who have passed and entered the broad mid-air—unto them the self-ruling Life-guidance, even to-day, disposeth for our bodies a state not subject to the compulsion of the road.

Translation

ଆମ ପିତାଙ୍କର ପିତୃଗଣ, ଆମ ପିତାମହମାନେ—ଯେମାନେ ଗତ ହୋଇ ବିଶାଳ ଅନ୍ତରିକ୍ଷରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରିଛନ୍ତି—ସେମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସ୍ୱରାଟ (ସ୍ୱୟଂ-ଶାସକ) ଅସୁନୀତି (ପ୍ରାଣ-ମାର୍ଗଦର୍ଶନ) ଆଜି ମଧ୍ୟ ଆମ ତନୁ (ଦେହ) ପାଇଁ ପଥର ବାଧ୍ୟତାର ଅଧୀନ ନ ଥିବା ଅବସ୍ଥା ସଜାଇ ଦେଉ।

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पितुः: of (our) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरः: fathers / forefathers
• पितरः: Kartā (in apposition to ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• पितामहाः: grandfathers / ancestors
• पितामहाः: Kartā (in apposition to ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• आविविशुः: entered / have entered
• आविविशुः: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (विशँ प्रवेशने)

• उर्वः: of the wide (expanse)
• उर्वः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उर्वी/उर्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wide, broad’)

• अन्तरिक्षम्: the midspace / atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वराट्: the sovereign (one)
• स्वराट्: Kartā (of the following verb)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वराट् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘self-ruling, sovereign’)

• असुनीतिः: life-guidance / vital ordinance
• असुनीतिः: Kartā (appositional with स्वराट्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुनीति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘guidance/leading of life-breath’, ‘vital guidance’)

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• वथावशम्: according to (their/one’s) will
• वथावशम्: Adhikaraṇa (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वथा + अवश (अव्यय-समास/निपात-प्रयोग; ‘according to will/pleasure’)

• तन्वः: of the body / of the person
• तन्वः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पयाति: arranges / makes (it) fit / fashions
• कल्पयाति: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप्/√कल्प् (कॢपँ/कल्पँ समर्पणे/विधाने; causative sense ‘to arrange, to make fit’)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with funerary Atharvanic seers (Atharvan/Angiras complex; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Pitṛs (Fathers/ancestors); secondarily ‘Asunīti’ as vivifying ordinance/power.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (late Atharvanic funerary style; metrical exactness varies by recension).

Mantra Rasa

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