Atharva Veda 20.68.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 68, Mantra 2

Sukta 68

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उप॑ नः॒ सव॒ना ग॑हि॒ सोम॑स्य सोमपाः पिब । गो॒दा इद् रे॒वतो॒ मदः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.68.2

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.

Translation

हमारी पूजा में आ जा। सोम पी, तू सोम पीने वाला है। अमीरों का यह खुश है। तू गाय देता है।

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Word by Word

• उप: near; hither (as preverb with ‘गहि’)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: to us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सवनानि: (at) the pressings / soma-pressing rites
• सवनानि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• गहि: come
• गहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमपाः: Soma-drinker (O one who drinks Soma)
• सोमपाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सोमपा (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: सोम + पा ‘पिबन्/पाता’)

• पिब: drink
• पिब: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)

• गोदाः: giver of cows (bestower of cattle)
• गोदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: गोदा (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: गो + दा ‘दाता’)

• इत्: indeed; just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्/इद् (निपात)

• रेवतः: of the wealthy/possessing riches
• रेवतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रेवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदः: intoxication; exhilaration (rapture)
• मदः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (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

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta