Mantra 3

Sukta 69

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुतपाव्ने सुता इमे शुचयो यन्ति वीतये । सोमासो दध्याशिरः

IAST Transliteration

sutapā́vne sutā́ imé śúcayo yanti vītáye | sómāso dádhyāśiraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O purifier of the pressed draught, these pressed (Soma-juices), bright and cleansed, go forth for thy enjoyment: the Soma-drops, with curd for their crowning mixture.

Word by Word

• सुतपाव्ने: in/at the ‘Sutapāvan’ (the well-purifying/strongly-ascetic one; epithet)
• सुतपाव्ने: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सुतपावन् (प्रातिपदिक; सु-तपस् + पावन् ‘purifier’)

• सुता: pressed (Soma-drops); the pressed ones
• सुता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुत (ppp of √सु ‘to press/extract (Soma)’) → सुत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमे: these
• इमे: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण ‘सुता’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शुचयः: pure, bright
• शुचयः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यन्ति: go, proceed
• यन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (गत्यर्थक धातु)

• वीतये: for the enjoyment/feast (for reception/serving)
• वीतये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘enjoyment/feasting, reception, distribution’)

• सोमासः: Soma (draughts); the Soma-juices
• सोमासः: कर्तृ (द्वितीय-पादे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• दध्याशिरः: the ‘dadhyāśiras’ mixture (Soma mixed with curds/milk); curd-mixture
• दध्याशिरः: कर्तृ/कर्म (प्रसङ्गानुसारम्)
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: दध्याशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक; दधि + आशिरस् ‘mixture/seasoning’; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासः)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived; traditionally attributed within Indra-Soma cycles (Anukramaṇī tradition varies by RV source-hymn).

Devata: Indra (with Soma as ritual medium).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type RV meter (as transmitted in AV 20 stotra sections; exact metrical identification depends on RV original).

Mantra Rasa

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