Mantra 1

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उप नः सुतमा गहि सोममिन्द्र गवाशिरम्। हरिभ्यां यस्ते अस्मयुः

IAST Transliteration

úpa naḥ sutám ā́ gahi sómam indra gávāśiram | háribhyāṃ yás te asmáyuḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come near unto us, Indra, to the pressed Soma, mingled with milk; with thy two tawny steeds—(thou) who art kindly-minded toward us.

Word by Word

• उप: near; hither (towards)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सुतम्: pressed; expressed (Soma)
• सुतम्: कर्म (object of गहि)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गहि: come!
• गहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• सोमम्: Soma
• सोमम्: कर्म (object; apposition to सुतम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र

• गवाशिरम्: mixed with/seasoned with milk (lit. ‘cow-mixture’)
• गवाशिरम्: कर्म (qualifier of सोमम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गवाशिर (प्रातिपदिक; गव- + आशिर/आशिरस्)

• हरिभ्याम्: with the two bay steeds
• हरिभ्याम्: करण (means/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि

• यः: who; which
• यः: कर्ता (of implied verb ‘अस्ति/भवति’ or qualifier)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• ते: of you; your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अस्मयुः: friendly to us; well-disposed to us
• अस्मयुः: कर्ता/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव (agreeing with यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मयु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Soma hymn tradition (as transmitted in AV 20)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (segment; full metrical confirmation depends on complete hymn text)

Mantra Rasa

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