Mantra 64

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ रोहत दिवमुत्तमामृषयो मा बिभीतन । सोमपाः सोमपायिन इदं वः क्रियते हविरगन्म ज्वोतिरुत्तमम्

IAST Transliteration

ā róhata dívaṁ uttamā́m ṛ́ṣayo mā́ bibhītana | sómapāḥ sómapāyina idáṁ vaḥ kriyate havír aganma jyótiḥ uttamáṁ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ascend ye to heaven, the highest; O Seers, be not afraid. Ye Soma-drinkers, Soma-imbibing, for you is this oblation wrought: we have attained the Light supreme.

Translation

ସର୍ବୋତ୍ତମ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗକୁ ଆରୋହଣ କର; ହେ ଋଷିମାନେ, ଭୟ କରନି। ହେ ସୋମପାଃ, ସୋମପାୟିନମାନେ, ତୁମମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଏହି ହବି ସମ୍ପାଦିତ; ଆମେ ପରମ ଜ୍ୟୋତିକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୋଇଛୁ।

Word by Word

• आ: forth/up (as a preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• रोहत: climb/ascend (you all)!
• रोहत: Kartā (implicit ‘you’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (रुहँ) / ruh

• दिवम्: the heaven, sky
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् / द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ)

• उत्तमाम्: highest
• उत्तमाम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषयः: O seers
• ऋषयः: Sambodhana/Addressed (vocative sense in context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) / mā

• बिभीतन: be afraid
• बिभीतन: Kartā (implicit ‘you’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (भि) / bhī

• सोमपाः: Soma-drinkers
• सोमपाः: Kartā/Addressed (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमपा (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पा ‘drinker’)

• सोमपायिनः: those who drink Soma
• सोमपायिनः: Kartā/Addressed (contextual)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सोमपायिन् (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पायिन्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (of क्रियते)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you / your
• वः: Sampradāna (for you) / Possessor (your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• क्रियते: is being made/done
• क्रियते: — (passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ / kṛ

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma (apposition to इदम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अगन्म: we went / we have come
• अगन्म: Kartā (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् / gam

• ज्योतिः: light
• ज्योतिः: Karma (goal/object with अगन्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तमम्: highest
• उत्तमम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Pitṛmedha corpus (AV 18); seer attribution often collective/ritual (Ātharvaṇa tradition).

Devata: Pitṛs (Soma-drinkers), and the salvific ‘Jyotis’ as goal-state.

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (funerary AV often uses mixed/loose anuṣṭubh).

Mantra Rasa

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