Mandala 6

Sukta 42: Bring the Soma to the eager drinker

Rishi: बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाजः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: अनुष्टुप्, ४ बृहती

4 verses · 42 of 75

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Bring the Soma to the eager drinker

Four mantras from Bharadvaja Barhaspatya to Indra, in anushtubh with a closing brihati. The priests are told to go before Indra with Soma in their vessels: he longs to drink, he knows all things, he arrives in time and never turns back in the fight. When they adorn him with pressed drops, the wise one knows every wish and comes to the one who seeks him. The last mantra bids the adhvaryu carry the juice to him alone, so that he will shield his people from the curse of a proud, hostile rival.

42.1

प्रत्य॑स्मै॒ पिपी॑षते॒ विश्वा॑नि वि॒दुषे॑ भर ।
अ॒रं॒ग॒माय॒ जग्म॒येऽप॑श्चाद्दघ्वने॒ नरे॑

pratyasmai pipīṣate viśvāni viduṣe bhara |
araṃgamāya jagmaye'paścāddaghvane nare

42.2

एमे॑नं प्र॒त्येत॑न॒ सोमे॑भिः सोम॒पात॑मम् ।
अम॑त्रेभिरृजी॒षिण॒मिन्द्रं॑ सु॒तेभि॒रिन्दु॑भिः

emenaṃ pratyetana somebhiḥ somapātamam |
amatrebhirṛjīṣiṇamindraṃ sutebhirindubhiḥ

42.3

यदी॑ सु॒तेभि॒रिन्दु॑भि॒ः सोमे॑भिः प्रति॒भूष॑थ ।
वेदा॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ मेधि॑रो धृ॒षत्तंत॒मिदेष॑ते

yadī sutebhirindubhiḥ somebhiḥ pratibhūṣatha |
vedā viśvasya medhiro dhṛṣattaṃtamideṣate

42.4

अ॒स्माअ॑स्मा॒ इदन्ध॒सोऽध्व॑र्यो॒ प्र भ॑रा सु॒तम् ।
कु॒वित्स॑मस्य॒ जेन्य॑स्य॒ शर्ध॑तो॒ऽभिश॑स्तेरव॒स्पर॑त्

asmāasmā idandhaso'dhvaryo pra bharā sutam |
kuvitsamasya jenyasya śardhato'bhiśasteravasparat

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