Mandala 7

Sukta 24: A seat made ready for Indra

Rishi: मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ठः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्

6 verses · 24 of 104

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A seat made ready for Indra

Vasishtha tells Indra a seat has been made for him at the rite; let him come with his men, be our helper and our increase, give wealth and rejoice in the Somas. The Soma is pressed and the hymn rings out like a released voice, calling Indra. Let the bays bring him from heaven or earth to drink at this grass. The singer asks Indra to set his fame high as heaven over heaven, to fill him with choice things, and to swell food rich in sons for the patrons.

24.1

योनि॑ष्ट इन्द्र॒ सद॑ने अकारि॒ तमा नृभि॑ः पुरुहूत॒ प्र या॑हि ।
असो॒ यथा॑ नोऽवि॒ता वृ॒धे च॒ ददो॒ वसू॑नि म॒मद॑श्च॒ सोमै॑ः

yoniṣṭa indra sadane akāri tamā nṛbhiḥ puruhūta pra yāhi |
aso yathā no'vitā vṛdhe ca dado vasūni mamadaśca somaiḥ

24.2

गृ॒भी॒तं ते॒ मन॑ इन्द्र द्वि॒बर्हा॑ः सु॒तः सोम॒ः परि॑षिक्ता॒ मधू॑नि ।
विसृ॑ष्टधेना भरते सुवृ॒क्तिरि॒यमिन्द्रं॒ जोहु॑वती मनी॒षा

gṛbhītaṃ te mana indra dvibarhāḥ sutaḥ somaḥ pariṣiktā madhūni |
visṛṣṭadhenā bharate suvṛktiriyamindraṃ johuvatī manīṣā

24.3

आ नो॑ दि॒व आ पृ॑थि॒व्या ऋ॑जीषिन्नि॒दं ब॒र्हिः सो॑म॒पेया॑य याहि ।
वह॑न्तु त्वा॒ हर॑यो म॒द्र्य॑ञ्चमाङ्गू॒षमच्छा॑ त॒वसं॒ मदा॑य

ā no diva ā pṛthivyā ṛjīṣinnidaṃ barhiḥ somapeyāya yāhi |
vahantu tvā harayo madryañcamāṅgūṣamacchā tavasaṃ madāya

24.4

आ नो॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑ः स॒जोषा॒ ब्रह्म॑ जुषा॒णो ह॑र्यश्व याहि ।
वरी॑वृज॒त्स्थवि॑रेभिः सुशिप्रा॒स्मे दध॒द्वृष॑णं॒ शुष्म॑मिन्द्र

ā no viśvābhirūtibhiḥ sajoṣā brahma juṣāṇo haryaśva yāhi |
varīvṛjatsthavirebhiḥ suśiprāsme dadhadvṛṣaṇaṃ śuṣmamindra

24.5

ए॒ष स्तोमो॑ म॒ह उ॒ग्राय॒ वाहे॑ धु॒री॒३॒॑वात्यो॒ न वा॒जय॑न्नधायि ।
इन्द्र॑ त्वा॒यम॒र्क ई॑ट्टे॒ वसू॑नां दि॒वी॑व॒ द्यामधि॑ न॒ः श्रोम॑तं धाः

eṣa stomo maha ugrāya vāhe dhurīvātyo na vājayannadhāyi |
indra tvāyamarka īṭṭe vasūnāṃ divīva dyāmadhi naḥ śromataṃ dhāḥ

24.6

ए॒वा न॑ इन्द्र॒ वार्य॑स्य पूर्धि॒ प्र ते॑ म॒हीं सु॑म॒तिं वे॑विदाम ।
इषं॑ पिन्व म॒घव॑द्भ्यः सु॒वीरां॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒ः सदा॑ नः

evā na indra vāryasya pūrdhi pra te mahīṃ sumatiṃ vevidāma |
iṣaṃ pinva maghavadbhyaḥ suvīrāṃ yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

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