Atharva Veda 20.92.7: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 92, Mantra 7

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ यत् पत॑न्त्ये॒न्यः सु॒दुघा॒ अन॑पस्फुरः । अ॒प॒स्फुरं॑ गृभायत॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.92.7

IAST Transliteration

ā́ yát patanty enyáḥ sudúghā ánapasphuraḥ | apásphuraṃ gṛbhāyata sómam índrāya pātáve ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When hither fly the eager, the well-yielding, that scatter not, then seize ye the scattering-away: lay hold of Soma for Indra to drink.

Translation

जब उड़ने वाले आते हैं, जो कुछ भी बिखर रहा है उसे पकड़ो। सोम रस इंद्र के लिए रेडी करो, वो पियेंगे।

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Word by Word

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

• यत्: which; that (relative)
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पतन्ति: they fly; they fall
• पतन्ति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (पतँ गतौ)

• एन्यः: swift; impetuous (f.)
• एन्यः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघाः: well-milking; yielding well
• सुदुघाः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुह् ‘to milk’ से)

• अनपस्फुरः: not slipping away; not scattering
• अनपस्फुरः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्-अपस्फुर (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + अपस्फुर)

• अपस्फुरम्: (that which is) slipping away; scattering (as object)
• अपस्फुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अपस्फुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृभायत: seize! grasp!
• गृभायत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (ग्रहँ उपादाने) / √gṛbh (Vedic variant)

• सोमम्: Soma (juice/plant)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पातवे: to drink; for drinking
• पातवे: Prayojana (उद्देश्य) / Sampradāna-संबद्ध
• Type: Verbal noun (Infinitive) / Kṛdanta
• Root: पा (पा॒ पाने) → पातृ/पातु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘पातवे’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (source-hymn seer per RV Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Indra (with Soma as offering-substance)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī family in RV source; requires scan.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta