Mantra 2
Sukta 68
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उप नः सवना गहि सोमस्य सोमपाः पिब । गोदा इद् रेवतो मदः
IAST Transliteration
úpa naḥ savánā gahi sómasya somapāḥ píba | godā́ íd revató mádaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Come hither to our pressings; drink of Soma, O Soma-drinker. Verily the rapture is of the wealthy—thou art the giver of cows.
Word by Word
उपnear; hither (as preverb with ‘गहि’)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सवनानि(at) the pressings / soma-pressing rites
सवनानि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (प्रातिपदिक)
गहिcome
गहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमपाःSoma-drinker (O one who drinks Soma)
सोमपाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootसोमपा (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: सोम + पा ‘पिबन्/पाता’)
पिबdrink
पिब:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पिबति)
गोदाःgiver of cows (bestower of cattle)
गोदाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootगोदा (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: गो + दा ‘दाता’)
इत्indeed; just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्/इद् (निपात)
रेवतःof the wealthy/possessing riches
रेवतः:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootरेवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
मदःintoxication; exhilaration (rapture)
मदः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Rigvedic provenance; not determinable from excerpt alone
Devata: Indra is the most common ‘somapā’ and ‘godā’ in RV/AV Soma hymns (probable, context-dependent)
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires verification)
Mantra Rasa
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