Mantra 10

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोमो युनक्तु बहुधा पयांस्यस्मिन् यज्ञे सुयुजः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

sómo yunaktu bahudhā payā́ṃsy asmín yajñé suyújaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May Soma yoke, in manifold wise, the nourishing milks unto this sacrifice—well-yoked: svāhā.

Word by Word

• सोमः: Soma (the Soma-plant/juice; deity Soma)
• सोमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• युनक्तु: may (he/it) yoke / join / harness
• युनक्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)

• बहुधा: in many ways; manifoldly
• बहुधा: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय; बहु + धा)

• पयांसि: milks; nourishing juices/streams
• पयांसि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञे: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुयुजः: well-yoked; well-joined; well-united
• सुयुजः: कर्तृ (सोमस्य सहचराः/विशेषणम्) / (सम्बोधन-सम्भावना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुयुज् (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + युज्)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (ritual exclamation; ‘hail!’)
• स्वाहा: (मन्त्र-उद्गारः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/अव्यय; यज्ञीय-उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Soma

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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