Atharva Veda 18.4.85: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 85
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नमो॑ वः पितरः स्व॒धा वः॑ पितरः
IAST Transliteration
námo vaḥ pitaraḥ svadhā́ vaḥ pitaraḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Homage to you, O Fathers; svadhā be yours, O Fathers.
Translation
ขอนอบน้อมแด่ท่านทั้งหลาย โอ้บรรพชน; ขอให้ svadhā (สวธา—พลังแห่งเครื่องบูชา/ส่วนถวาย) เป็นของท่านทั้งหลาย โอ้บรรพชน.
Word by Word
नमःobeisance, salutation
नमः:
Karma (प्रणाम/नमस्कार-रूप कर्म)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक) ← √नम् (नमति ‘नम्र/प्रणाम करना’)
वःto you / your
वः:
Sampradāna (नमः के प्रति-ग्रहिता: ‘आपको’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितरःO Fathers; O Ancestors
पितरः:
Sampradāna (सम्बोधनार्थ/प्रति-ग्रहिता: ‘हे पितरः’)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वधाsvadhā (ritual call/oblation-formula for the Fathers)
स्वधा:
Adhikaraṇa (पितृ-यज्ञ/पितृ-आह्वान का अनुष्ठानिक संदर्भ/उद्गार)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)
वःto you / your
वः:
Sampradāna (द्वितीय वाक्यांश में ‘आपको/आपका’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितरःO Fathers; O Ancestors
पितरः:
Sampradāna (सम्बोधनार्थ/प्रति-ग्रहिता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Pitṛs / Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Pitaraḥ; Svadhā (as consecratory power)
Chandas: Short refrain; anuṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta
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