Atharva Veda 7.76.6: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 76, Mantra 6

Sukta 76

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धृ॒षत् पि॑ब क॒लशे॒ सोम॑मिन्द्र वृत्र॒हा शू॑र सम॒रे वसू॑नाम्। माध्य॑न्दिने॒ सव॑न॒ आ वृ॑षस्व रयि॒ष्ठानो॑ र॒यिम॒स्मासु॑ धेहि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.76.6

IAST Transliteration

dhṛṣát piba kaláśe sómam indra vṛtrahā́ śū́ra samaré vasū́nām | mā́dhyandine sávana ā́ vṛṣasva rayiṣṭhā́no rayím asmā́su dhehi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Drink boldly Soma from the jar, O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, hero in the battle for the treasures. At the midday pressing pour forth thy might; thou wealth-established, set wealth among us.

Translation

จงดื่มโสมะ (Soma) อย่างองอาจจากหม้อ (kalaśa) เถิด โอ อินทระ (Indra) ผู้สังหารวฤตระ ผู้กล้าในศึกชิงทรัพย์สมบัติ. ในพิธีคั้นยามเที่ยง (savana) จงหลั่งพลังของท่านให้พรั่งพรู; ผู้ตั้งมั่นในความมั่งคั่งเอ๋ย จงวางความมั่งคั่งไว้ท่ามกลางพวกเรา.

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Word by Word

• धृषत्: boldly, daringly
• धृषत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial use)
• Root: धृष् (धातु) → धृषत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिब: drink!
• पिब: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति) धातु

• कलशे: in the jar/pitcher
• कलशे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रहा: O slayer of Vṛtra
• वृत्रहा: —
• Type: Noun/Epithet (vocative)
• Root: वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन्)

• शूर: O hero
• शूर: —
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative)
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसूनाम्: of riches/goods
• वसूनाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• माध्यन्दिने: at midday
• माध्यन्दिने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: माध्यन्दिन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सवने: at the pressing/oblation (Soma-pressing)
• सवने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, fully
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वृषस्व: make yourself strong; bestir yourself; be vigorous
• वृषस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष् (वृषते/वृषति) धातु

• रयिष्ठानः: (you) whose abode is wealth; wealth-abiding
• रयिष्ठानः: Kartā (of implied ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (nominative epithet)
• Root: रयिष्ठान (प्रातिपदिक; रयि + स्थान)

• रयिम्: wealth
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मासु: among us; in us
• अस्मासु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• धेहि: place; bestow
• धेहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (दधाति) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: Indra-hymn tradition (borrowed/embedded; specific r̥ṣi uncertain here)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence (probable; requires metrical audit—appears longer than Anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta