Mantra 10

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यूयमग्ने शंतमाभिस्तनूभिरीजानमभि लोकं स्वर्गम्। अश्वा भूत्वा पृष्टिवाहो वहाथ यत्र देवैः सधमादं मदन्ति

IAST Transliteration

yūyám agne śáṃtamābhis tanū́bhir ījānáṃ abhí lokáṃ svargám | áśvā bhūtvā pṛṣṭhivā́ho vahātha yátra deváiḥ sadhámādaṃ mádanti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye, O Agni, with forms most full of welfare, convey the worshipper unto the heavenly world. Becoming horses, back-bearing, bear him thither—where with the Gods they rejoice in the common festal gladness.

Translation

Hỡi Agni, các ngài với những thân tướng đầy phúc lành nhất, hãy đưa người hành lễ đến cõi trời. Hãy hóa thành những con ngựa chở trên lưng, mang người ấy đến nơi kia—nơi người ấy cùng các Deva vui hưởng niềm hoan lạc của yến hội chung.

Word by Word

यूयम्you (pl.)

अग्नेO Agni

शंतमाभिःwith the most auspicious (ones)

तनूभिःwith (your) bodies/forms

ईजानम्the worshipper / the sacrificer

अभिtowards, unto

लोकम्world, realm

स्वर्गम्heavenly

अश्वाःhorses

भूत्वाhaving become

पृष्टिवाहःthe back-bearer / one who carries on the back (a steed)

वहाथyou two carry/transport

यत्रwhere

देवैःwith the gods

सधमादम्common revel/feast, shared drinking-session

मदन्तिthey rejoice / revel

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (funeral book).

Devata: Agni (as carrier to Svarga; gods as the receiving assembly).

Chandas: Likely triṣṭubh; requires scan.

Mantra Rasa

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