Mantra 15

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ यत् पतन्त्येन्यः सुदुघा अनपस्फुरः । अपस्फुरं गृभायत सोममिन्द्राय पातवे

IAST Transliteration

ā́ yát patánty enyáḥ sudúghā́ ánapsphuraḥ | apsphuráṃ gṛbhāyata sómam índrā́ya pātáve

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When hither fly the swift ones, good-milking, never failing, then seize ye fast what would slip away: the Soma for Indra to drink.

Translation

Khi những kẻ mau lẹ bay về đây, vắt sữa tốt, chẳng hề sai lạc, thì hãy nắm chặt điều sắp tuột mất—chính Soma để Indra uống.

Word by Word

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

• यत्: which; that
• यत्: Karma (of पतन्ति) / or correlating relative
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पतन्ति: they fly; they fall
• पतन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (पतति)

• एन्यः: swift; active; impetuous (fem. pl.)
• एन्यः: Kartā (qualifier of implied feminine plural subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघाः: yielding well; giving good milk (abundantly yielding)
• सुदुघाः: Kartā (qualifier of same subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुह् ‘to milk’)

• अनपस्फुरः: not slipping away; not scattering; steady
• अनपस्फुरः: Kartā (qualifier) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन-अप-स्फुर (प्रातिपदिक; neg. a- + apasphura)

• अपस्फुरम्: not slipping away; firmly (as object-qualifier)
• अपस्फुरम्: Karma (of गृभायत) / Viśeṣaṇa of सोमम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप-स्फुर (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव; ‘slipping away, scattering’)

• गृभायत: seize! grasp!
• गृभायत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्/गृह् (गृभ्णाति; Vedic present stem गृभा-)

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed soma-drink)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पातवे: to drink; for drinking
• पातवे: Prayojana (purpose; dative of purpose) / aligns with Sampradāna-purpose
• Type: Kṛdanta (verbal noun/infinitive)
• Root: पा (धातु; ‘to drink’) → पातृ/पातव् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, infinitival dative)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra-Soma tradition (specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī for this segment).

Devata: Indra (recipient); Soma (offering/power).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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