Mantra 32

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोममेनामेके दुह्रे घृतमेक उपासते । य एवं विदुषे वशां ददुस्ते गतास्त्रिदिवं दिवः

IAST Transliteration

sómaṁ enā́m éke duhre ghṛtám éka upā́sate | yá eváṁ vidúṣe vaśā́ṁ dadús té gatā́s tridiváṁ diváḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Some milk her for Soma; some, again, attend her with ghee. They who, thus, have given the Vashā to the man of knowledge—those have gone unto the threefold heaven of the sky.

Word by Word

सोमम्Soma (juice), Soma

एनाम्her (this one)

एकेsome (people)

दुह्रेthey milk

घृतम्ghee

एकेsome (others)

उपासतेthey worship, attend upon

येwho (those who)

एवम्thus, in this way

विदुषेto the knower, to one who knows

वशाम्a cow (esp. a yielding/milch cow)

ददुःthey have given

तेthey

गताःgone, having gone

त्रिदिवम्to the third heaven

दिवःof heaven, of the sky

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers of dāna/merit hymns (specific attribution varies in anukramaṇī).

Devata: Dāna (gift) / Vashā as efficacious object; implicitly Svarga/Tridiva.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV narrative/gnomic verses; metrical exactness may vary by pada).

Mantra Rasa

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