Mandala 3

Sukta 41: The stones are yoked at dawn

Rishi: गाथिनो विश्वामित्रः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: गायत्री

9 verses · 41 of 62

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The stones are yoked at dawn

Vishvamitra's nine gayatri verses inviting Indra to the morning rite. Indra, holder of the vajra, is asked to come with his bays to drink Soma. The hotar is seated, the barhis spread in order, and the pressing stones were yoked at dawn. The prayers are made; Indra is to sit on the grass and eat the purodasha. The hymns lick the Soma drinker as mother cows lick a calf. He is asked not to hand the singer over to blame. Those with offerings sing to him; he is not to stay far, but come in his easy chariot drawn by two long-maned bays wet with ghee.

41.1

आ तू न॑ इन्द्र म॒द्र्य॑ग्घुवा॒नः सोम॑पीतये ।
हरि॑भ्यां याह्यद्रिवः

ā tū na indra madryagghuvānaḥ somapītaye |
haribhyāṃ yāhyadrivaḥ

41.2

स॒त्तो होता॑ न ऋ॒त्विय॑स्तिस्ति॒रे ब॒र्हिरा॑नु॒षक् ।
अयु॑ज्रन्प्रा॒तरद्र॑यः

satto hotā na ṛtviyastistire barhirānuṣak |
ayujranprātaradrayaḥ

41.3

इ॒मा ब्रह्म॑ ब्रह्मवाहः क्रि॒यन्त॒ आ ब॒र्हिः सी॑द ।
वी॒हि शू॑र पुरो॒ळाश॑म्

imā brahma brahmavāhaḥ kriyanta ā barhiḥ sīda |
vīhi śūra puroḻāśam

41.4

रा॒र॒न्धि सव॑नेषु ण ए॒षु स्तोमे॑षु वृत्रहन् ।
उ॒क्थेष्वि॑न्द्र गिर्वणः

rārandhi savaneṣu ṇa eṣu stomeṣu vṛtrahan |
uktheṣvindra girvaṇaḥ