Rig Veda 6.57.2 — Mandala 6, Sukta 57, Mantra 2

Sukta 6.57

Rishi: Bharadvāja

Devata: Indra–Pūṣan hymn context; verse thematically contrasts offerings (Soma vs karambha) rather than addressing a single devatā directly

Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like brevity (exact meter needs syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सोममन्य उपासदत्पातवे चम्वोः सुतम् । करम्भमन्य इच्छति ॥

Transliteration

sómam anyá upā́sadat pátāve camvóḥ sutám | karambhám anyá icchati ||

Translation

One approaches the Soma to drink the pressed delight from the cup; another seeks the karambha—so different are the movements in us: some reach for the ecstasy, others for mixed nourishment.

Word by Word

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed juice)
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम- (प्रातिपदिक) < √सु (सवने/सुत) ‘to press, extract’

• अन्यः: another (one)
• अन्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आसदत्: sat down / approached and sat
• आसदत्: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति) ‘to sit, settle’ + उपसर्ग आ-

• पातवे: to drink
• पातवे: प्रयोजन (उद्देश्य) / सम्प्रदान-भाव
• Type: Verbal noun (Infinitive)
• Root: √पा (पिबति) ‘to drink’

• चम्वोः: of the two cups/ladles
• चम्वोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ladle, cup; Soma-vessel’

• सुतम्: pressed, expressed
• सुतम्: कर्म (सोमम् इति विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle (used as noun)
• Root: सुत- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < √सु ‘to press’

• करम्भम्: karambha (barley-mixture/gruel)
• करम्भम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: करम्भ- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘barley-gruel/mixture (ritual food)’

• अन्यः: another (one)
• अन्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इच्छति: desires, seeks
• इच्छति: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष्/इच्छ् (इच्छति) ‘to desire, seek’