Mandala 5

Sukta 37: The king whose soma Indra drinks

Rishi: भौमोऽत्रिः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्

5 verses · 37 of 87

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The king whose soma Indra drinks

Atri, son of Bhumi, praises Indra in trishtubh. Ghee-backed Agni strives with the sun's light, and the one who says, let us press soma for Indra, gains the unharmed dawns. With fire kindled, barhis spread, stones yoked and soma pressed, the adhvaryu goes down to the river with the offering. Here comes a bride seeking a husband who will carry her as his chief queen. The heart of the hymn: that king never wavers in whose house Indra drinks the sharp soma mixed with milk. He drives with warriors, slays Vritra and rules the people. Whoever gives pressed soma to Indra becomes dear to Surya and to Agni.

37.1

सं भा॒नुना॑ यतते॒ सूर्य॑स्या॒जुह्वा॑नो घृ॒तपृ॑ष्ठ॒ः स्वञ्चा॑ः ।
तस्मा॒ अमृ॑ध्रा उ॒षसो॒ व्यु॑च्छा॒न्य इन्द्रा॑य सु॒नवा॒मेत्याह॑

saṃ bhānunā yatate sūryasyājuhvāno ghṛtapṛṣṭhaḥ svañcāḥ |
tasmā amṛdhrā uṣaso vyucchānya indrāya sunavāmetyāha

37.2

समि॑द्धाग्निर्वनवत्स्ती॒र्णब॑र्हिर्यु॒क्तग्रा॑वा सु॒तसो॑मो जराते ।
ग्रावा॑णो॒ यस्ये॑षि॒रं वद॒न्त्यय॑दध्व॒र्युर्ह॒विषाव॒ सिन्धु॑म्

samiddhāgnirvanavatstīrṇabarhiryuktagrāvā sutasomo jarāte |
grāvāṇo yasyeṣiraṃ vadantyayadadhvaryurhaviṣāva sindhum

37.3

व॒धूरि॒यं पति॑मि॒च्छन्त्ये॑ति॒ य ईं॒ वहा॑ते॒ महि॑षीमिषि॒राम् ।
आस्य॑ श्रवस्या॒द्रथ॒ आ च॑ घोषात्पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॒ परि॑ वर्तयाते

vadhūriyaṃ patimicchantyeti ya īṃ vahāte mahiṣīmiṣirām |
āsya śravasyādratha ā ca ghoṣātpurū sahasrā pari vartayāte

37.4

न स राजा॑ व्यथते॒ यस्मि॒न्निन्द्र॑स्ती॒व्रं सोमं॒ पिब॑ति॒ गोस॑खायम् ।
आ स॑त्व॒नैरज॑ति॒ हन्ति॑ वृ॒त्रं क्षेति॑ क्षि॒तीः सु॒भगो॒ नाम॒ पुष्य॑न्

na sa rājā vyathate yasminnindrastīvraṃ somaṃ pibati gosakhāyam |
ā satvanairajati hanti vṛtraṃ kṣeti kṣitīḥ subhago nāma puṣyan

37.5

पुष्या॒त्क्षेमे॑ अ॒भि योगे॑ भवात्यु॒भे वृतौ॑ संय॒ती सं ज॑याति ।
प्रि॒यः सूर्ये॑ प्रि॒यो अ॒ग्ना भ॑वाति॒ य इन्द्रा॑य सु॒तसो॑मो॒ ददा॑शत्

puṣyātkṣeme abhi yoge bhavātyubhe vṛtau saṃyatī saṃ jayāti |
priyaḥ sūrye priyo agnā bhavāti ya indrāya sutasomo dadāśat

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