Sukta 99
Rishi: RV provenance (requires RV hymn concordance for ṛṣi).
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type (to be confirmed from RV source).
Diese kurze Indra-Stuti, der rigvedischen Preispoesie entnommen, stellt den Vollziehenden in eine Reihe mit vorbildlichen alten Verehrern (Āyavas, Ṛbhus, Rudras), die Indra „in rechter Ordnung“ verherrlichen. Indem sie an Indras Anwachsen an Kraft durch die berauschende Wirkung des gepressten Soma erinnert, „nährt“ die Hymne rituell sein vṛṣṇya-śavas — seine stiergleiche Macht —, sodass dem Opferherrn im paustika–śānti-Rahmen Schutz, Sieg und Standhaftigkeit zufallen.
Mantras
Mantra 1
अ॒भि त्वा॑ पू॒र्वपी॑तय॒ इन्द्र॒ स्तोमे॑भिरा॒यवः॑ । स॒मी॒ची॒नास॑ ऋ॒भवः॒ सम॑स्वरन् रु॒द्रा गृ॑णन्त॒ पूर्व्य॑म्
Zu dir, o Indra, drängen die Erst-Trinker, die Āyavas, mit Lobgesängen. In geziemender Ordnung ließen die R̥bhus gemeinsam ihren Ruf erschallen; die Rudras besingen deinen uralten Ruhm.
Mantra 2
अ॒स्येदिन्द्रो॑ वावृधे॒ वृष्ण्यं॒ शवो॒ मदे॑ सु॒तस्य॒ विष्ण॑वि । अ॒द्या तम॑स्य महि॒मान॑मा॒यवोऽनु॑ ष्टुवन्ति पू॒र्वथा॑
So wahrlich ist Indra erstarkt – seine stierhafte Kraft – im Rausch des ausgepressten Trankes, o Viṣṇu. Heute preisen die Āyavas, wie einst, in rechter Folge, diese Hoheit seiner.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used to invoke Indra’s favor for strength, victory, and protection by praising him in the traditional way and recalling how Soma increases his might.
They function as exemplary ancient praisers; invoking them places the reciter in an authorized, ‘properly ordered’ lineage of worship that stabilizes and empowers the rite.
In the Vedic logic of the verses, Soma is the power-source that exhilarates Indra; in later practice a symbolic substitute or simple libation can be used with the same intention of strengthening and invoking protection.
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