Mantra 18

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चतुर्होतार आप्रियश्चातुर्मास्यानि नीविदः । उच्छिष्टे यज्ञाः होत्राः पशुबन्धास्तदिष्टयः

IAST Transliteration

catúrhotāra āpríyaś cāturmāsyā́ni nivídaḥ | ucchiṣṭé yajñā́ hotrā́ḥ paśubandhā́s tád iṣṭáyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The four Hotṛs, the Āprī verses, the Cāturmāsya rites, the Nivid formulas—in Ucchiṣṭa are the sacrifices, the Hotṛ-offerings, the Paśubandhas, those Iṣṭis.

Translation

四位Hotṛ祭司、Āprī颂、Cāturmāsya四月祭、Nivid宣告——在乌奇希什塔（Ucchiṣṭa）之中：诸祭祀、Hotṛ之献、Paśubandha牲祭，以及那些Iṣṭi祭献。

Word by Word

• चतुः: four
• चतुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)

• होतारः: priests/offerers (hotṛs)
• होतारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer/sacrifice’ से)

• आप्रियः: dear/pleasing
• आप्रियः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• चातुर्मास्यानि: the Cāturmāsya rites (seasonal four-monthly sacrifices)
• चातुर्मास्यानि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• नीविदः: invocations/recitations called nīvids
• नीविदः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीविद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छिष्टे: in/at the remainder; in what is left over
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (locative used adverbially)
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices
• यज्ञाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; √यज्)

• होत्राः: hotṛ-offerings / priestly oblations
• होत्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: होत्र (प्रातिपदिक; √हु)

• पशुबन्धाः: animal-ties; animal sacrifices
• पशुबन्धाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that; those (all that)
• तत्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इष्टयः: offerings; sacrificial rites
• इष्टयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; √यज्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seers (traditional lists vary)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (mixed/irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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