Atharva Veda 18.4.74: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 74

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य॒माय॑ पि॒तृम॑ते स्व॒धा नमः॑

IAST Transliteration

yamā́ya pitṛ́mate svadhā́ námaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To Yama, attended by the Fathers—svadhā! reverence.

Translation

แด่ยมะ (Yama) ผู้มีเหล่าบรรพชน (Pitṛ) แวดล้อม—svadhā! ขอนอบน้อม.

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Word by Word

• यमाय: to Yama
• यमाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (Proper name)
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितृमते: to the one possessing the Fathers (ancestor-lord)
• पितृमते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृमत् (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + मतुप्)

• स्वधा: ‘svadhā!’ (ritual call for the Pitṛs)
• स्वधा: —
• Type: Indeclinable (ritual exclamation) / Noun (f.)
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance; homage
• नमः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (not explicit in excerpt)

Devata: Yama (pitṛmate)

Chandas: Formulaic short verse

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara