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Rishi: RV-derived Indra hymn seer (to be assigned by RV parallel for this stanza).
Devata: Indra (Puruhūta), in association with Soma
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short stanza (to be confirmed by syllable count of the RV parallel).
Dieser kurze Indra–Soma-Hymnus ist eine paustika (Wohlstands-)Liturgie, die das Lob beim Soma-Pressen in greifbaren Rinderreichtum, Kraft und einen ungehinderten Strom von Gaben verwandelt. Er bittet den Vielangerufenen (Puruhūta), die herannahenden Gesänge zu hören, den rinderreichen Preis freizugeben und als Dasyu-Schlächter zum Kuhpferch zu kommen, wobei er durch seine śacī (wirksamen Kräfte) Schaden abwehrt.
Mantra 1
तद् वो॑ गाय सु॒ते सचा॑ पुरुहू॒ताय॒ सत्व॑ने । शं यद् गवे॒ न शा॒किने॑
Singt dies, vereint mit dem gepressten Soma, dem Vielangerufenen, zum Gewinn von Kraft: was der Kuh Heil und Glück bringt — dem Tüchtigen.
Mantra 2
न घा॒ वसु॒र्नि य॑मते दा॒नं वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः । यत् सी॒मुप॒ श्रव॒द् गिरः॑
Keineswegs wird die freigebige Gabe, der rinderreiche Gewinn, zurückgehalten, wenn er auf die Lieder hört, die sich ihm nahen.
Mantra 3
कु॒वित्स॑स्य॒ प्र हि व्र॒जं गोम॑न्तं दस्यु॒हा गम॑त्। शची॑भि॒रप॑ नो वरत्
Vielleicht komme er, der Dasyu-Schlächter, hervor zur kuhreichen Hürde; und mit seinen Kräften wende er alles Unheil von uns ab.
It is used to gain prosperity—especially cattle-wealth and prizes—and to ensure gifts are not withheld, by invoking Indra empowered by Soma.
Soma represents the energizing sacrificial force, and the approaching hymns are treated as the operative means that Indra hears—his hearing is said to unlock the flow of wealth and reward.
The final verse invites Indra as Dasyu-slayer to come to the cattle-pen (vraja) and asks him to avert harm from the household and herd through his effective powers (śacī).
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