Atharva Veda 20.87.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 87, Mantra 2

Sukta 87

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद् द॑धि॒षे प्र॒दिवि॒ चार्वन्नं॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे पी॒तिमिद॑स्य वक्षि । उ॒त हृ॒दोत मन॑सा जुषा॒ण उ॒शन्नि॑न्द्र॒ प्रस्थि॑तान् पाहि॒ सोमा॑न्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.87.2

IAST Transliteration

yád dadhíṣe pradívi cā́rvannam divé-dive pītím íd asyá vakṣi | utá hṛdóta mánasā juṣāṇá uśánn indra prasthitā́n pāhi sómān |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When thou settest in the high heaven the swift steed, and day by day bearest hence the draught thereof—then, taking pleasure with heart and mind, eager, O Indra, drink thou the Soma-cups set forth.

Translation

Wenn du im höchsten Himmel das schnelle Ross aufstellst und Tag um Tag den Trank davon hierhin bringst, — dann, mit Herz und Sinn Gefallen findend, begierig, o Indra, trink die bereitgestellten Soma-Becher.

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Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दधिषे: you place/you set
• दधिषे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) [दधि- (रेडुप्लि.)]

• प्रदिवि: in the fore-heaven / in the highest heaven
• प्रदिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (with preverb as upasarga-like prefix)
• Root: प्र + दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘heaven’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अर्वन्नम्: the steed/horse (Arvan)
• अर्वन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवे: for the day / to heaven
• दिवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवे: day by day (lit. for day, for day)
• दिवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीतिम्: drinking; draught
• पीतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीति (प्रातिपदिक; √पा ‘to drink’ से भाव)

• इम्: this
• इम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम) — एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• वक्षि: speak/tell (declare)
• वक्षि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) / (वक्ष् ‘to say’ वैदिक रूप)

• उत: and also; moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• हृदा: with (your) heart
• हृदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• मनसा: with (your) mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषाणः: taking pleasure (in); gladly accepting
• जुषाणः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: जुष् (धातु) → जुषाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• उशन्: desiring; eager
• उशन्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: वश्/उश् (धातु ‘to desire’) → उशत् (कृदन्त)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रस्थितान्: set forth; offered/placed (ready)
• प्रस्थितान्: Karma
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु) → प्रस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पाहि: protect! (guard)
• पाहि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु ‘to protect/drink’)

• सोमान्: Soma-draughts
• सोमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic attribution (Indra-soma context; specific r̥ṣi per RV source).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (source-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira