Atharva Veda 18.4.86: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 86

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येऽत्र॑ पि॒तरः॑ पि॒तरो॒ येऽत्र॑ यू॒यं स्थ यु॒ष्मांस्तेऽनु॑ यू॒यं तेषां॒ श्रेष्ठा॑ भूयास्थ

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 18.4.86

IAST Transliteration

yé’trá pitáraḥ pitáro yé’trá yūyáṃ sthá yuṣmā́ṃs té’nu yūyáṃ téṣāṃ śréṣṭhā bhūyātha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye Fathers who are here—ye Fathers who are here and stand present—after you, in your track, may those (of ours) become pre-eminent among them.

Translation

โอ บรรพชนผู้สถิต ณ ที่นี้—โอ บรรพชนผู้สถิต ณ ที่นี้และยืนอยู่ต่อหน้า—ขอให้คนของเราทั้งหลายตามรอยท่านทั้งหลายไป และเป็นผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่ท่านเหล่านั้นเถิด.

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Word by Word

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• पितरः: fathers; ancestors
• पितरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरः: fathers; ancestors
• पितरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थ: are; stand
• स्थ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• युष्मान्: you (pl.)
• युष्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अनु: after; following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रेष्ठाः: the best; most excellent
• श्रेष्ठाः: Kartā (as predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) < श्रे (धातु) + इष्ठ (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)

• भूयाः: may you become
• भूयाः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• स्थ: be (you all)
• स्थ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Pitṛ-hymn stratum; specific ṛṣi not fixed in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Pitaraḥ (Ancestors)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV funerary prose-verse; metrical regularity variable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna