Mantra 19

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद् वो मुद्रं पितरः सोम्यं च तेनो सचध्वं स्वयशसो हि भूत। ते अर्वाणः कवय आ शृणोत सुविदत्रा विदथे हूयमानाः

IAST Transliteration

yád vo mudráṃ pitaraḥ somyáṃ ca ténó sacadhvaṃ sváyaśaso hí bhū́ta | té arvāṇaḥ kaváya ā́ śṛṇota suvidatrā́ vidáthe hūyámānāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What token, O Fathers, and what Soma-gladdening sign is yours—therewith consort ye, for ye are of self-won glory. Ye swift ones, ye sages, hearken hither, good givers, being called in the rite-assembly.

Translation

父祖们啊，你们所有的印契（mudrā）与那使苏摩（Soma）欢悦的标识是什么——就凭那标识与之相应相随；因为你们的荣光乃自得而成。你们这些迅疾者、贤智者，请向此处倾听；善施者们，在祭会（vidatha）中被召唤而来。

Word by Word

यत्whatever/that which

वःof you/your

मुद्रम्seal/token/mark (amuletic sign)

पितरःthe Fathers/ancestors

सोम्यम्Soma-related, auspicious

चand

तेनwith that/thereby

सचध्वम्join/attach yourselves; associate

स्वयशसःself-glorious, of own renown

हिindeed/for

भूतhaving become; being

तेthey/those

अर्वाणःswift ones/steeds (or swift men)

कवयःseers/poets

आhither, forth

शृणोतhear (you all)!

सुविदत्राःgood givers/bestowers

विदथेin the assembly/ritual gathering

हूयमानाःbeing called/invoked

Attribution

Rishi: Pitṛs/ancestral seers (traditional attribution within AV 18 as pitṛ-focused; specific ṛṣi as per anukramaṇī varies by school)

Devata: Pitaraḥ (Fathers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; AV 18.3 frequently uses RV-style triṣṭubh in pitṛ hymns)

Mantra Rasa

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