Mantra 41

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

समिन्धते अमर्त्यं हव्यवाहं घृतप्रियम्। स वेद निहितान्निधीन् पितॄन् परावतो गतान्

IAST Transliteration

samíndhate amártyaṃ havyavā́haṃ ghṛtapríyam | sá veda níhitān nidhī́n pitṝ́n parāváto gatā́n ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They kindle the Immortal, the Oblation-bearer, the lover of clarified butter. He knoweth the treasures laid away—the Fathers who have gone to the far-off realm.

Translation

Họ nhóm lên Đấng Bất Tử—kẻ mang lễ vật, kẻ yêu mến ghṛta (bơ tinh luyện). Ngài biết những kho báu đã được cất đặt—các Tổ phụ (Pitṛ) đã đi đến cõi xa xăm.

Word by Word

• समिन्धते: they kindle (for themselves)
• समिन्धते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इन्ध् (इन्ध्)

• अमर्त्यम्: the immortal (one)
• अमर्त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• हव्यवाहम्: the oblation-carrier (Agni)
• हव्यवाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: हव्य-वाह (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृतप्रियम्: ghee-loving
• घृतप्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत-प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्

• निहितान्: placed/laid down, deposited
• निहितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: नि-धा (धातु) → निहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• निधीन्: treasures, deposits
• निधीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितॄन्: the Fathers/ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• परावतः: from afar, from the distant region
• परावतः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun/Adverbial (ablatival)
• Root: परावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दूर-देश/दूरता’)

• गतान्: gone, departed
• गतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: गम् → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Atharvanic Pitṛ-hymn seers (Aṅgiras/Atharvan lineages in AV 18); specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on anukramaṇī tradition

Devata: Agni (as havyavāhana) and Pitṛs (as recipients implied)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV 18 funerary verses)

Mantra Rasa

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