[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra) › [Sandhi-resolved (padapāṭha-style) version](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha) › 2.3 # Mantrabrahmana 2.3 Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.1) svāhā somāya pitṛmate // > Svāhā to Soma accompanied by the ancestors! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.2) svāhā agnaye kavya-vāhanāya // > Svāhā to Agni, the bearer of funeral offerings! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.3) apa-hatās asurās rakṣām̐si vedi-sadas // > Driven away are the Asuras and the rakṣases who sit on the altar! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.4) ye rūpāṇi prati-muñcamānās asurās santas svadhayā caranti / parā-puras ni-puras ye bharanti agniṣ tān lokāt pra-nudatu asmāt // > Those Asuras who, assuming forms, / move about according to their own will, / who carry away the outer cities and the inner cities: / may Agni expel them from this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.5) ā-ita pitaras somyāsas gambhīrebhiṣ pathibhiṣ pūrviṇebhiṣ / datta asmabhyam draviṇā iha bhadram rayim ca nas sarva-vīram ni-yacchata // > Come, O Soma-loving ancestors, / by deep, ancient paths; / grant us good riches here, / and bestow upon us wealth rich in all heroes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.6) atra pitaras mādayadhvam yathā-bhāgam ā-vṛṣāyadhvam // > Here, O ancestors, exhilarate yourselves; / take your pleasure, each according to his share! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.7) amīmadanta pitaras yathā-bhāgam ā-vṛṣāyiṣata // > The ancestors have exhilarated themselves; / they have taken their pleasure, each according to his share. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.8) namas vas pitaras jīvāya namas vas pitaras śūṣāya // > Homage to you, O ancestors, for life! / Homage to you, O ancestors, for vigor! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.9) namas vas pitaras ghorāya namas vas pitaras rasāya // > Homage to you, O ancestors, for the dread! / Homage to you, O ancestors, for the essence! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.10) namas vas pitaras svadhāyai namas vas pitaras manyave // > Homage to you, O ancestors, for the funeral offering! / Homage to you, O ancestors, for wrath! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.11) namas vas pitaras pitaras namas vas // > Homage to you, O ancestors! O ancestors, homage to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.12) gṛhān nas pitaras datta // > Give us houses, O ancestors! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.13) sadas vas pitaras deṣma // > We give you a seat, O ancestors! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.14) etat vas pitaras vāsas // > This is your garment, O ancestors! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.15) ūrjam vahantīṣ a-mṛtam ghṛtam payas kīlālam pari-srutam svadhās stha / tarpayata me pitîṛn // > Bearing nourishment, immortality, clarified butter, milk, / sweet beverage, and foamy drink, you are funeral offerings. / Satisfy my ancestors! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.16) ā-dhatta pitaras garbham kumāram puṣkara-srajam / yathā iha puruṣas syāt // > Implant an embryo, O ancestors: / a boy wearing a lotus garland, / that here a man may be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.17) abhūt nas dūtas haviṣas jāta-vedās avāṭ havyāni su-rabhīṇi kṛtvā / pra-adāt pitṛbhyas svadhayā te akṣan pra-jānan agne punar ā-ihi yonim // > Jātavedas has become our messenger for the oblation; / he has conveyed the oblations, having made them fragrant. / He gave them to the ancestors; with svadhā they ate. / Knowing \[the way\], O Agni, come back to your seat! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.18) vaha vapām jāta-vedas pitṛbhyas yatra etān vettha ni-hitān parācas / medasas kulyās abhi tān sravantu satyās eṣām ā-śiṣas santu kāmās // svāhā // > Convey the omentum, O Jātavedas, to the ancestors / where you know them deposited far away. / May streams of fat flow toward them; / may their hopes and desires come true! Svāhā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.19) jātavedas vapayā gaccha devān tvam hi hotā prathamas babhūva / satyā vapā pra-gṛhītā me astu sam-ṛdhyatām me yat idam karomi // > O Jātavedas, go to the gods with the omentum; / for you were the first Hotṛ. / May the omentum offered by me be true; / may what I do here prosper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.20) yat kusīdam a-pra=dattam mayā iha yena yamasya ni-dhinā carāṇi / idam tat agne an-ṛṇas bhavāmi jīvan eva prati tat te dadāmi // > Whatever debt was unpaid by me here, / by which deposit of Yama I wander, / free from debt regarding that do I become here, O Agni; / while still living I give that back to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3.21) ekāṣṭakā tapasā tapyamānā jajāna garbham mahimānam indram / tena devās asahanta śatrūn hantā asurāṇām abhavat śacībhiṣ // > The Ekāṣṭakā, performing austerity with heat, / gave birth to an embryo, the majestic Indra; / with him the gods overcame their enemies; / he became the slayer of the Asuras through his powers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha~en-mt.2.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.3.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.3) · Pramāṇa