Rig Veda 10.76.7 - Mandala 10, Sukta 76, Mantra 7

Various Rishis

Rig Veda 10.76.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 76, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.76

Rishi: Traditionally attributed to a seer of the late tenth maṇḍala (as per Anukramaṇī for RV 10.76); exact rishi not supplied in input

Devata: Soma and the pressing powers (Adri/Grāvāṇaḥ); implicitly Indra as Soma-drinker

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सुन्वन्ति सोमं रथिरासो अद्रयो निरस्य रसं गविषो दुहन्ति ते । दुहन्त्यूधरुपसेचनाय कं नरो हव्या न मर्जयन्त आसभिः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.76.7

Transliteration

sunvánti sómaṃ rathirā́so ádrayo nír asya rásaṃ gavíṣo duhanti té | duhánty ū́dhar upa-sécanāya káṃ naro havyā́ ná marjayanta ā́sabhiḥ ||

Translation

Prensan el Soma las piedras (adri), veloces en su movimiento; extrayendo su esencia, en busca de los rebaños luminosos, lo ordeñan. Ordeñan la ubre para el derrame; los varones fuertes pulen las ofrendas como si con la boca — haciendo la oblación, por dentro, apta para los dioses.

Word by Word

सुन्वन्तिthey press (out)

सोमम्Soma (juice)

रथिरासःthe charioteers / men of the chariot

अद्रयःthe pressing-stones

निरस्यhaving driven/struck out

रसम्the sap/juice

गविषःthe cow-seekers (prize-seekers)

दुहन्तिthey milk/draw

तेthey / those

दुहन्तिthey milk/draw

ऊधरम्the udder

उपसेचनायfor moistening/sprinkling

कम्whom? / which (one)?

नरःmen

हव्यानिoblations (things to be invoked/offered)

नnot / like (in simile-context)

मर्जयन्तेthey cleanse/purify themselves / they make clean

आसभिःwith (their) mouths

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