Rig Veda 2.41.21: Mandala 2, Sukta 41, Mantra 21

Sukta 2.41

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ / ritual assembly of gods (addressed to a dual support—likely Dyāvā-Pṛthivī or paired seats/powers in the rite)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ वामुपस्थमद्रुहा देवाः सीदन्तु यज्ञियाः । इहाद्य सोमपीतये ॥

Transliteration

ā́ vām upá-stham adruhā devā́ḥ sīdantu yajñíyāḥ | ihā́dyá sóma-pītaye ||

Translation

Let the gods worthy of sacrifice sit here today upon your faultless seat, O you two; here, now, for the drinking of Soma—so the powers may gather in the human being and partake of the illumining delight.

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Word by Word

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

• वाम्: you two (to/for you two)
• वाम्: Karma (गत्यर्थे ‘आ’ सह) / संबन्ध (contextual)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उपस्थम्: lap; seat; presence
• उपस्थम्: Karma (सीदन्तु—‘sit (into) the lap/seat’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्रुहा: non-deceitful; non-hostile
• अद्रुहा: Kartā (देवाः सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-द्रुह् (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सीदन्तु: let (them) sit; may (they) sit
• सीदन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति) ‘to sit’

• यज्ञियाः: worthy of sacrifice; sacrificial
• यज्ञियाः: Kartā (देवाः सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + यत्/इय प्रत्यय)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• अद्य: today; now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• सोमपीतये: for the drinking of Soma
• सोमपीतये: Sampradāna / प्रयोजन (सीदन्तु—‘for Soma-drinking’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमपीति (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पीति ‘drinking’)