Mantra 60

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र वा एतीन्दुरिन्द्रस्य निष्कृतिं सखा सख्युर्न प्र मिनाति संगिरः । मर्य इव योषाः समर्षसे सोमः कलशे शतयामना पथा

IAST Transliteration

prá vá etī́ndúr índrasya níṣkṛtiṃ sákhā sákhyor ná prá mināti saṅgiráḥ | márya ivá yóṣāḥ sám arṣase sómaḥ kaláśe śatá-yāmanā pathā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth verily goes Indu to Indra’s outlet and release: a friend, he mars not the friend’s bond, the singer. Like a young man unto maidens thou rushest together; Soma, into the jar, by a path of hundred courses.

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

वाindeed / or (emphatic)

एतिgoes, moves

इन्दुःthe drop; Soma

इन्द्रस्यof Indra

निष्कृतिम्the outlet/exit; (ritual) discharge, issue

सखाfriend

सख्युःof a friend

नnot

प्रforth, forward

मिनातिdamages, diminishes, injures

संगिरःthe chanter/singer (of chants); one of the Aṅgiras-like singers

मर्यःyoung man, lover

इवlike, as

योषाःwomen, maidens

समर्षसेyou meet/come together; you press close/consort

सोमःSoma

कलशेin the jar/pitcher

शतयामनाwith a hundred tracks/paths; of hundredfold course

पथाby the path, along the way

Attribution

Rishi: Soma-hymn register; specific AV 18 attribution varies

Devata: Soma (Indu) with Indra as recipient

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (RV-style Soma verse)

Mantra Rasa

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