Mandala 10

Sukta 24: Indra's Soma and the Ashvins' fire

Rishi: ऐन्द्रोविमदः, प्राजापत्यो वा, वासुक्रो वसुकृद्वा · Devata: इन्द्रः, ४-६ अश्विनौ · Metre: आस्तारपङ्क्तिः, ४-६ अनुष्टुप्

6 verses · 24 of 191

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Indra's Soma and the Ashvins' fire

Vimada Aindra, or Prajapatya, or Vasukra, addresses Indra in three astarapankti verses and the Ashvins in three anushtubh. Indra is asked to drink the sweet Soma pressed in the bowls and give thousandfold wealth, the best of treasures, protecting us from hatred and distress. Then the Ashvins: mighty and wonder-working, together you churned out the fire when Vimada called you, Nasatyas. All the Devas praised the two as they flew down, and told them to bring it back again. The rishi asks that his going away be sweet and his return be sweet, and that the two Devas make us full of honey.

24.1

इन्द्र॒ सोम॑मि॒मं पि॑ब॒ मधु॑मन्तं च॒मू सु॒तम् ।
अ॒स्मे र॒यिं नि धा॑रय॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ सह॒स्रिणं॑ पुरूवसो॒ विव॑क्षसे

indra somamimaṃ piba madhumantaṃ camū sutam |
asme rayiṃ ni dhāraya vi vo made sahasriṇaṃ purūvaso vivakṣase

24.2

त्वां य॒ज्ञेभि॑रु॒क्थैरुप॑ ह॒व्येभि॑रीमहे ।
शची॑पते शचीनां॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ श्रेष्ठं॑ नो धेहि॒ वार्यं॒ विव॑क्षसे

tvāṃ yajñebhirukthairupa havyebhirīmahe |
śacīpate śacīnāṃ vi vo made śreṣṭhaṃ no dhehi vāryaṃ vivakṣase

24.3

यस्पति॒र्वार्या॑णा॒मसि॑ र॒ध्रस्य॑ चोदि॒ता ।
इन्द्र॑ स्तोतॄ॒णाम॑वि॒ता वि वो॒ मदे॑ द्वि॒षो न॑ः पा॒ह्यंह॑सो॒ विव॑क्षसे

yaspatirvāryāṇāmasi radhrasya coditā |
indra stotṝṇāmavitā vi vo made dviṣo naḥ pāhyaṃhaso vivakṣase

24.4

यु॒वं श॑क्रा माया॒विना॑ समी॒ची निर॑मन्थतम् ।
वि॒म॒देन॒ यदी॑ळि॒ता नास॑त्या नि॒रम॑न्थतम्

yuvaṃ śakrā māyāvinā samīcī niramanthatam |
vimadena yadīḻitā nāsatyā niramanthatam

24.5

विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अ॑कृपन्त समी॒च्योर्नि॒ष्पत॑न्त्योः ।
नास॑त्यावब्रुवन्दे॒वाः पुन॒रा व॑हता॒दिति॑

viśve devā akṛpanta samīcyorniṣpatantyoḥ |
nāsatyāvabruvandevāḥ punarā vahatāditi

24.6

मधु॑मन्मे प॒राय॑णं॒ मधु॑म॒त्पुन॒राय॑नम् ।
ता नो॑ देवा दे॒वत॑या यु॒वं मधु॑मतस्कृतम्

madhumanme parāyaṇaṃ madhumatpunarāyanam |
tā no devā devatayā yuvaṃ madhumataskṛtam

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