Mantra 4

Sukta 84

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयस्मये द्रुपदे बेधिष इहाभिहितो मृत्युभिर्ये सहस्रम्। यमेन त्वं पितृभिः संविदान उत्तमं नाकमधि रोहयेमम्

IAST Transliteration

ayasmáye drupadé bédhiṣe ihā́bhi-hitó mṛtyúbhir yé sahásram | yaména tváṃ pitṛ́bhiḥ saṃ-vidāná uttamáṃ nā́kam ádhi rohaye mám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In iron, in the wooden stock, thou liest pierced; here pressed down by deaths a thousand-fold. With Yama, in accord with the Fathers, lead thou this man upward to the highest heaven.

Translation

Ngươi bị đâm ghim trong sắt, trong khúc gỗ kẹp (drupada); tại đây bị đè xuống bởi muôn ngàn cái chết. Cùng với Yama, hòa hợp với các Tổ phụ (Pitṛ), hãy dẫn người này đi lên cõi trời tối thượng.

Word by Word

अयस्मयेto/for the iron-made (object)

द्रुपदेO Drupada (name)

बेधिषेyou have pierced/struck

इहhere

अभिहितःappointed/assigned; named

मृत्युभिःby/with deaths (death-powers)

येwho (those who)

सहस्रम्a thousand

यमेनwith Yama

त्वम्you

पितृभिःwith the Fathers/ancestors

संविदानःbeing in accord/meeting together

उत्तमम्highest

नाकम्heaven, celestial world

अधिupon, up to

रोहयेमम्may we cause (him) to ascend / let us raise

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Yama; Pitṛs; Mṛtyu (as adversarial plurality)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (expanded operative diction)

Mantra Rasa

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