Mantra 20

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये अत्रयो अङ्गिरसो नवग्वा इष्टावन्तो रातिषाचो दधानाः । दक्षिणावन्तः सुकृतो य उ स्थासद्यास्मिन् बर्हिषि मादयध्वम्

IAST Transliteration

yé atráyo aṅgíraso návagvā iṣṭā́vanto rātiṣā́co dádhānāḥ | dákṣiṇāvantaḥ sukṛ́to yá u sthā́sadyāsmín bárhiṣi mādayadhvam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye Atris, ye Angirases, ye Navagvas—rich in sacrifice, bearing the winning of gifts; ye endowed with fees, ye doers of good—since such indeed ye are, sit down upon this sacred grass and take your gladness.

Translation

โอ้เหล่าอัตริ (Atri) โอ้เหล่าอังคิรส (Aṅgiras) โอ้เหล่านวคฺวะ (Navagva)—ผู้มั่งคั่งด้วยการบูชายัญ ผู้ถือครองชัยแห่งการได้ทาน. ผู้มีทักษิณา (dakṣiṇā) คือค่าบูชา ผู้กระทำความดี—เมื่อท่านทั้งหลายเป็นเช่นนั้นจริง จงนั่งลงบนหญ้าศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (barhis) นี้ และเสวยความรื่นรมย์ของท่านเถิด.

Word by Word

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

• अत्रयः: the Atri-s (Atris)
• अत्रयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper) / Adjective (patronymic)
• Root: अत्रि (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गिरसः: the Aṅgiras-s
• अङ्गिरसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper) / Adjective (patronymic)
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• नवग्वाः: the Navagva-s
• नवग्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper) / Adjective
• Root: नवग्व (गण/ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• इष्टावन्तः: possessing the desired (boons); successful in sacrifice
• इष्टावन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्टावन्त (प्रातिपदिक; इष्ट + वन्त)

• रातिषाचः: attaining/bringing gifts; gift-winning
• रातिषाचः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रातिषाच (प्रातिपदिक; राति + साच)

• दधानाः: bearing; holding; placing
• दधानाः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: धा (धातु) → दधा- (वर्तमान-प्रत्यय) + शानच्

• दक्षिणावन्तः: having dakṣiṇā-fees; bountiful
• दक्षिणावन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणावन्त (प्रातिपदिक; दक्षिणा + वन्त)

• सुकृतः: well-doing; virtuous; of good deeds
• सुकृतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective / Noun
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक; सु + कृत) अथवा सुकृत्

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed; and
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• स्थासत्: may (he) stand / be present
• स्थासत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्था + स (आशीर्लिङ्/विधिलिङ् 2/3?)

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

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मादयध्वम्: rejoice; be exhilarated; take delight
• मादयध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु) → मादय (णिजन्त) + ध्वम्

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛs as ṛṣi-lineages (Atri/Angiras/Navagva complex)

Devata: Pitaraḥ (ancestral seers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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