Mantra 7

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ यत् पतन्त्येन्यः सुदुघा अनपस्फुरः । अपस्फुरं गृभायत सोममिन्द्राय पातवे

IAST Transliteration

ā́ yát patanty enyáḥ sudúghā ánapasphuraḥ | apásphuraṃ gṛbhāyata sómam índrāya pātáve ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When hither fly the eager, the well-yielding, that scatter not, then seize ye the scattering-away: lay hold of Soma for Indra to drink.

Translation

ಯಾವಾಗ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ಸುಕವಾದ, ಸುದುಘಾ (ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿ ನೀಡುವ) ಮತ್ತು ಅನಪಸ್ಫುರ (ಚದುರದ)ವುಗಳು ಹಾರಿಬರುತ್ತವೋ, ಆಗ ಅಪಸ್ಫುರ (ಚದುರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ)ದನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯಿರಿ; ಇಂದ್ರನು ಕುಡಿಯಲು ಸೋಮವನ್ನು ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಿರಿ.

Word by Word

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

• यत्: which; that (relative)
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पतन्ति: they fly; they fall
• पतन्ति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (पतँ गतौ)

• एन्यः: swift; impetuous (f.)
• एन्यः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघाः: well-milking; yielding well
• सुदुघाः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुह् ‘to milk’ से)

• अनपस्फुरः: not slipping away; not scattering
• अनपस्फुरः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्-अपस्फुर (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + अपस्फुर)

• अपस्फुरम्: (that which is) slipping away; scattering (as object)
• अपस्फुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अपस्फुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृभायत: seize! grasp!
• गृभायत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (ग्रहँ उपादाने) / √gṛbh (Vedic variant)

• सोमम्: Soma (juice/plant)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पातवे: to drink; for drinking
• पातवे: Prayojana (उद्देश्य) / Sampradāna-संबद्ध
• Type: Verbal noun (Infinitive) / Kṛdanta
• Root: पा (पा॒ पाने) → पातृ/पातु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘पातवे’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (source-hymn seer per RV Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Indra (with Soma as offering-substance)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī family in RV source; requires scan.

Mantra Rasa

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