Mantra 44

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्निष्वात्ताः पितर एह गच्छत सदःसदः सदत सुप्रणीतयः । अत्तो हवींषि प्रयतानि बर्हिषि रयिं च नः सर्ववीरं दधात

IAST Transliteration

agníṣvāttāḥ pítara éha gácchata sádaḥ-sadaḥ sadata supráṇītayaḥ | áttó havī́ṃṣi práyatāni barhíṣi rayíṃ ca naḥ sárvavīraṃ dadhāta

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye Fathers, Agni-fed, come hither; sit ye down, seat after seat, ye rightly guided. As eaters, eat the oblations duly set upon the sacred grass, and bestow on us wealth, with all brave offspring.

Translation

Ó Pais nutridos por Agni (Agniṣvātta), vinde aqui; sentai-vos, assento após assento, vós bem conduzidos. Como comedores, comei as oblações devidamente postas sobre a relva sagrada (barhis) e concedei-nos riqueza e descendência toda valorosa.

Word by Word

• अग्निष्वात्ताः: O fathers ‘offered to/through Agni’ (Agni-fed/Agni-consecrated)
• अग्निष्वात्ताः: Kartā (vocative-addressed group; syntactically subject of imperatives)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively for ‘pitṛs’)
• Root: अग्निष्वात्त (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि + स्वात्त)

• पितरः: O Fathers (ancestors)
• पितरः: Kartā / संबोधन (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• गच्छत: come / go (hither)!
• गच्छत: (predicate; action enjoined to addressees)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• सदःसदः: at each seat/assembly; seat after seat
• सदःसदः: Adhikaraṇa (circumstantial: ‘at every sitting/assembly’)
• Type: Noun (reduplicated/iterative compound-like usage)
• Root: सदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदत: sit down!
• सदत: (predicate; action enjoined)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद्

• सुप्रणीतयः: well-led / well-guided (ones)
• सुप्रणीतयः: Kartā / संबोधन (epithet of the Pitṛs)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सुप्रणीत (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + प्र-नीत, PPP of √नी)

• अत्तः: eaters / partakers
• अत्तः: Kartā (doers/consumers of the offering)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अत्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √अद् ‘to eat’)

• हवींषि: oblations
• हवींषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रयतानि: prepared, duly arranged
• प्रयतानि: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from √यम् with प्र- ‘prepared/arranged’)

• बर्हिषि: on the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषि: Adhikaraṇa (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रयिम्: wealth, abundance
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• सर्ववीरम्: rich in all heroes/sons; having all valiant offspring
• सर्ववीरम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्ववीर (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + वीर)

• दधात: bestow / place (grant)!
• दधात: (predicate; requested action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Pitṛ-hymn seers (Anukramaṇī attribution for AV 18.3 is Pitṛ-oriented; consult edition-specific Anukramaṇī for exact name)

Devata: Pitaraḥ (Agni-mediated Fathers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (editional metrical classification varies within AV 18.3)

Mantra Rasa

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