Mandala 8

Sukta 91: Apala offers Soma to Indra

Rishi: आत्रेयी अपाला · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: अनुष्टुप्, १-२ पङ्क्तिः

7 verses · 91 of 103

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Apala offers Soma to Indra

The seer is a woman, Apala Atreyi, telling her own katha. A maiden going down to the water found Soma on the way. Carrying it home, she said: I will press you for Indra. To the hero who looks into every house she says: drink this Soma pressed with my teeth,. She speaks of women hated by their husbands and asks to be joined with Indra. Make three places grow, she prays: my father's bald head, his field, and my body; make them all covered with hair. Indra drew Apala through the openings of chariot, cart and yoke, purified her three times, and gave her skin bright as the Sun.

91.1

क॒न्या॒३॒॑ वार॑वाय॒ती सोम॒मपि॑ स्रु॒तावि॑दत् ।
अस्तं॒ भर॑न्त्यब्रवी॒दिन्द्रा॑य सुनवै त्वा श॒क्राय॑ सुनवै त्वा

kanyā vāravāyatī somamapi srutāvidat |
astaṃ bharantyabravīdindrāya sunavai tvā śakrāya sunavai tvā

91.2

अ॒सौ य एषि॑ वीर॒को गृ॒हंगृ॑हं वि॒चाक॑शद् ।
इ॒मं जम्भ॑सुतं पिब धा॒नाव॑न्तं कर॒म्भिण॑मपू॒पव॑न्तमु॒क्थिन॑म्

asau ya eṣi vīrako gṛhaṃgṛhaṃ vicākaśad |
imaṃ jambhasutaṃ piba dhānāvantaṃ karambhiṇamapūpavantamukthinam

91.3

आ च॒न त्वा॑ चिकित्सा॒मोऽधि॑ च॒न त्वा॒ नेम॑सि ।
शनै॑रिव शन॒कैरि॒वेन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव

ā cana tvā cikitsāmo'dhi cana tvā nemasi |
śanairiva śanakairivendrāyendo pari srava

91.4

कु॒विच्छक॑त्कु॒वित्कर॑त्कु॒विन्नो॒ वस्य॑स॒स्कर॑त् ।
कु॒वित्प॑ति॒द्विषो॑ य॒तीरिन्द्रे॑ण सं॒गमा॑महै

kuvicchakatkuvitkaratkuvinno vasyasaskarat |
kuvitpatidviṣo yatīrindreṇa saṃgamāmahai

91.5

इ॒मानि॒ त्रीणि॑ वि॒ष्टपा॒ तानी॑न्द्र॒ वि रो॑हय ।
शिर॑स्त॒तस्यो॒र्वरा॒मादि॒दं म॒ उपो॒दरे॑

imāni trīṇi viṣṭapā tānīndra vi rohaya |
śirastatasyorvarāmādidaṃ ma upodare

91.6

अ॒सौ च॒ या न॑ उ॒र्वरादि॒मां त॒न्वं१॒॑ मम॑ ।
अथो॑ त॒तस्य॒ यच्छिर॒ः सर्वा॒ ता रो॑म॒शा कृ॑धि

asau ca yā na urvarādimāṃ tanvaṃ mama |
atho tatasya yacchiraḥ sarvā tā romaśā kṛdhi

91.7

खे रथ॑स्य॒ खेऽन॑स॒ः खे यु॒गस्य॑ शतक्रतो ।
अ॒पा॒लामि॑न्द्र॒ त्रिष्पू॒त्व्यकृ॑णो॒ः सूर्य॑त्वचम्

khe rathasya khe'nasaḥ khe yugasya śatakrato |
apālāmindra triṣpūtvyakṛṇoḥ sūryatvacam

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