Atharva Veda 18.4.63: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 63

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परा॑ यात पितरः सो॒म्यासो॑ गम्भी॒रैः प॒थिभिः॑ पू॒र्याणैः॑ । अधा॑ मा॒सि पुन॒रा या॑त नो गृ॒हान् ह॒विरत्तुं॑ सुप्र॒जसः॑ सु॒वीराः॑

IAST Transliteration

párā yāta pitaraḥ somyā́so gambhīráiḥ pathíbhiḥ pūryā́naiḥ | ádha mā́si púnar ā́ yāta no gṛhā́n havír áttum suprajā́saḥ suvī́rāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Depart, O Fathers, soma-loving, by the deep paths, the ancient ways. Then, in the month, come ye again unto our homes to eat the oblation—ye of good progeny, ye of good heroes.

Translation

จงจากไปเถิด เหล่าปิตฤ ผู้รักโสมะ (somya) โดยหนทางอันลึก—หนทางดึกดำบรรพ์ แล้วเมื่อถึงคราวเดือน จงกลับมายังเรือนของเราอีก เพื่อเสวยเครื่องบูชา (havis)—ท่านผู้มีบุตรหลานดี ผู้มีวีรชนดี

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Word by Word

• परा: away, forth
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यात: go (you all)!
• यात: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थक धातु)

• पितरः: O Fathers / Ancestors
• पितरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम्यासः: soma-worthy, blessed
• सोम्यासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• गम्भीरैः: by deep (paths)
• गम्भीरैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम्भीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पथिभिः: by paths, along paths
• पथिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथि/पथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्याणैः: by the ancient/primeval (paths)
• पूर्याणैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्याण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पूर्य’/‘पूर्याण’ = ancient/foremost/filled—Vedic epithet)

• अध: then, thereafter
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (अव्यय)

• अ: (particle) indeed/and (Vedic)
• अ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (अव्यय; निषेध/समुच्चयार्थक निपात—Vedic particle)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (सत्तायाम् धातु)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

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

• यात: come/go (you all)!
• यात: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थक धातु)

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

• गृहान्: homes, houses
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्तुम्: to eat
• अत्तुम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (भक्षणे धातु)

• सुप्रजसः: having good offspring
• सुप्रजसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-प्रजस् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः/तत्पुरुषः)

• सुवीराः: having good heroes/sons, valiant
• सुवीराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛ-hymn seer tradition of AV 18

Devata: Pitaraḥ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna