Mantra 6

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बर्हिर्वा यत् स्वपत्याय वृज्यतेऽर्को वा श्लोकमाघोषते दिवि। ग्रावा यत्र वदति कारुरुक्थ्य१स्तस्येदिन्द्रो अभिपित्वेषु रण्यति

IAST Transliteration

barhír vā yát svapatyā́ya vṛ́jyate ’rkó vā ślókām āghóṣate diví | grā́vā yátra vádati kā́rur ukthyàs tásyed índro abhipitvéṣu raṇyati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When sacred grass is strewn for rightful lordship, or when a hymn, a verse, is sounded forth in heaven; where the pressing-stone speaks and the Ukthya singer chants—thereat, even there, Indra rejoiceth amid the draughts.

Translation

যখন যজ্ঞে বর্হি (কুশ-ঘাস) ন্যায়সঙ্গত অধিপত্যের জন্য বিছানো হয়, অথবা যখন দিবিতে স্তোত্র—শ্লোক—ধ্বনিত হয়; যেখানে গ্রাবা (সোম-পেষণের পাথর) যেন কথা বলে এবং উক্থ্য কারু (গায়ক) উক্থ গায়—সেখানেই, ঠিক সেখানেই, ইন্দ্র পানীয় রসসমূহের (পিত্ব) মধ্যে আনন্দ করেন।

Word by Word

बर्हिःsacrificial grass (barhis)

वाor / indeed

यत्which (that)

स्वपत्यायfor good lordship/household mastery

वृज्यतेis cleared/arranged (is swept/laid out)

अर्कःhymn of praise / chant (arka)

वाor / indeed

श्लोकम्a verse/recitation

आघोषतेresounds / is proclaimed

दिविin heaven / in the sky

ग्रावाpressing-stone (for soma)

यत्रwhere

वदतिspeaks / sounds

कारुःpoet/singer (artisan of hymn)

उक्थ्यःfit for the uktha; uktha-singer

तस्यof that / his

इत्indeed / just

इन्द्रःIndra

अभिपित्वेषुat/among the drinkings (libations, feasts)

रण्यतिrejoices / delights

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (Indra-Soma ritual milieu; traditional attribution varies by RV source-hymn)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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