Mantra 15
Sukta 93
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आ यत् पतन्त्येन्यः सुदुघा अनपस्फुरः । अपस्फुरं गृभायत सोममिन्द्राय पातवे
IAST Transliteration
ā́ yát patánty enyáḥ sudúghā́ ánapsphuraḥ | apsphuráṃ gṛbhāyata sómam índrā́ya pātáve
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
When hither fly the swift ones, good-milking, never failing, then seize ye fast what would slip away: the Soma for Indra to drink.
Word by Word
आtowards; forth (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
यत्which; that
यत्:
Karma (of पतन्ति) / or correlating relative
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पतन्तिthey fly; they fall
पतन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (पतति)
एन्यःswift; active; impetuous (fem. pl.)
एन्यः:
Kartā (qualifier of implied feminine plural subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootएन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सुदुघाःyielding well; giving good milk (abundantly yielding)
सुदुघाः:
Kartā (qualifier of same subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुह् ‘to milk’)
अनपस्फुरःnot slipping away; not scattering; steady
अनपस्फुरः:
Kartā (qualifier) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअन-अप-स्फुर (प्रातिपदिक; neg. a- + apasphura)
अपस्फुरम्not slipping away; firmly (as object-qualifier)
अपस्फुरम्:
Karma (of गृभायत) / Viśeṣaṇa of सोमम्
TypeAdjective
Rootअप-स्फुर (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव; ‘slipping away, scattering’)
गृभायतseize! grasp!
गृभायत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्/गृह् (गृभ्णाति; Vedic present stem गृभा-)
सोमम्Soma (the pressed soma-drink)
सोमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पातवेto drink; for drinking
पातवे:
Prayojana (purpose; dative of purpose) / aligns with Sampradāna-purpose
TypeKṛdanta (verbal noun/infinitive)
Rootपा (धातु; ‘to drink’) → पातृ/पातव् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, infinitival dative)
Attribution
Rishi: RV-derived Indra-Soma tradition (specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī for this segment).
Devata: Indra (recipient); Soma (offering/power).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
{"primary_rasa":"vira","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_arc":"From swift arrival of abundance to firm grasp and confident offering.","listener_experience":"Energized discipline; readiness to seize and hold what matters.","intensity":6}