Atharva Veda 18.3.72 — Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 72

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये ते॒ पूर्वे॒ परा॑गता॒ अप॑रे पि॒तर॑श्च॒ ये। तेभ्यो॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ कु॒ल्यैऽतु श॒तधा॑रा व्युन्द॒ती

IAST Transliteration

yé te pū́rve párāgatā́ ápare pitáraś ca yé | tébhyo ghṛtásya kulyā́ etu śatá-dhārā́ vyundatī́ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To those thy Fathers, the former who have gone afar, and the later who are—unto them let the channel of ghee go forth, a hundred-streamed flood welling and spreading.

Translation

บรรดาปิตฤ (บิดาบรรพชน) ของท่าน—ทั้งผู้ก่อนที่ล่วงไปไกลแล้ว และผู้หลังที่ยังมีอยู่—ขอให้รางธารแห่งฆฤตะ (เนยใส, ghṛta) ไหลไปถึงท่านเหล่านั้น เป็นกระแสท่วมร้อยสาย พรั่งพรูแผ่ซ่าน.

Word by Word

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

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वे: the former/earlier ones
• पूर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• परागताः: gone away, departed
• परागताः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (past)
• Root: पर + √गम् (गच्छ्) → परागत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपरे: the others, later ones
• अपरे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

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

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

• घृतस्य: of ghee
• घृतस्य: — (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुल्यै: to the channel/streamlet
• कुल्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• एतु: let it go/come
• एतु: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (एति)

• शतधारा: having a hundred streams
• शतधारा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत + धारा (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रयोगः)

• व्युन्दती: flowing forth, streaming
• व्युन्दती: Kartā
• Type: Participle (present)
• Root: वि + √उन्द् (उन्दति ‘to wet/flow’) → व्युन्दत् (वर्तमानकृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Funerary/ancestor corpus tradition (variable)

Devata: Pitaraḥ (the Fathers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta