Mantra 50

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एयमगन् दक्षिणा भद्रतो नो अनेन दत्ता सुदुघा वयोधाः । यौवने जीवानुपपृञ्चती जरा पितृभ्य उपसंपराणयादिमान्

IAST Transliteration

éyam agan dakṣiṇā́ bhadrató no anéna dattā́ sudúghā vayodhā́ḥ | yáuvane jīvā́n anupapṛ́ñcatī jarā́ pitṛ́bhya upasáṃparāṇayād imā́n ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither hath Dakṣiṇā come, auspicious unto us—by this, when duly given, well-milking, setting vigor. Sprinkling the living with youth, may she, when age draws on, convey these unto the Fathers, leading them safely over.

Translation

ทักษิณา (Dakṣiṇā, ทาน/บำเหน็จในพิธี) ได้มาถึง ณ ที่นี้ เป็นมงคลแก่พวกเรา; ด้วยสิ่งนี้เมื่อให้โดยชอบธรรม นางย่อมให้น้ำนมอุดม ตั้งมั่นพลังชีวิต. นางพรมน้ำแห่งความเยาว์วัยแก่ผู้มีชีวิต; ครั้นชรามาใกล้ ขอให้นางนำสิ่งเหล่านี้ไปสู่บรรพชน (Pitṛ) ให้ข้ามพ้นโดยสวัสดี.

Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• इयम्: this (woman/this one)
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अगन्: came, has come
• अगन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• दक्षिणा: the dakṣiṇā (sacrificial fee/gift)
• दक्षिणा: Kartā (इयम्-दक्षिणा समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• भद्रतः: from auspiciousness; auspiciously
• भद्रतः: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अनेन: by this; with this
• अनेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Kartā/विशेषण (दक्षिणायाः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)

• सुदुघा: yielding well; richly milking
• सुदुघा: Kartā/विशेषण (दक्षिणायाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुह्-सम्बद्ध)

• वयोधाः: bestowing vitality/age; life-sustaining
• वयोधाः: Kartā/विशेषण (दक्षिणायाः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वयो-धा (प्रातिपदिक; वयस् + धा)

• यौवने: in youth
• यौवने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवानु: following life; living on (continuously)
• जीवानु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जीव (धातु) + अनु (उपसर्ग) → जीवानु (अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण-प्रायः)

• उपपृञ्चती: mixing in; joining; adding
• उपपृञ्चती: Kartā/विशेषण (दक्षिणायाः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: उप-प्रच्/पृच् (धातु) → उपपृञ्चत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• जरा: old age
• जरा: Kartā (द्वितीय-खण्डे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितृभ्यः: to the Fathers/ancestors
• पितृभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपसंपराणयात्: may (she/it) lead/bring near completely
• उपसंपराणयात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-सम्-परि-आ-नी (धातु) → नय (प्रेरणे) / नी (नयने)

• इमान्: these (persons/things)
• इमान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: AV 18 funeral corpus (variable).

Devata: Dakṣiṇā (personified); Pitaraḥ (as final destination).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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