Sukta 49
Sukta 4.49
Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional for RV 4.49)
Indra-Bṛhaspati (dual)
Triṣṭubh (probable; requires confirmation)
This short hymn invites the twin powers Indra and Bṛhaspati to receive the offered oblation and Soma, and to be pleased by the uktha (solemn praise) and joy (mada) of the sacrificer. It asks the divine pair to establish themselves in the giver’s home and to bestow a rich, expansive rayi—prosperity and victorious increase—expressed through horses, abundance, and “hundredfold” growth.
Mantras
Mantra 1
इदं वामास्ये हविः प्रियमिन्द्राबृहस्पती । उक्थं मदश्च शस्यते ॥
This is the dear offering set for your mouths, O Indra and Bṛhaspati; and the uplifted hymn and the ecstasy are being proclaimed.
Mantra 2
अयं वां परि षिच्यते सोम इन्द्राबृहस्पती । चारुर्मदाय पीतये ॥
This Soma is being poured all around for you two, O Indra and Bṛhaspati—delightful for the ecstasy of the uplifted consciousness, to be drunk inwardly.
Mantra 3
आ न इन्द्राबृहस्पती गृहमिन्द्रश्च गच्छतम् । सोमपा सोमपीतये ॥
Come to us, O Indra and Bṛhaspati; come to the home of our being—O Indra too—drinkers of Soma, for the drinking of Soma within.
Mantra 4
अस्मे इन्द्राबृहस्पती रयिं धत्तं शतग्विनम् । अश्वावन्तं सहस्रिणम् ॥
In us, O Indra and Bṛhaspati, place the plenitude of being—abounding in a hundred impulses of increase, rich in the steeds of dynamic energies, thousandfold in its wideness.
Mantra 5
इन्द्राबृहस्पती वयं सुते गीर्भिर्हवामहे । अस्य सोमस्य पीतये ॥
Indra and Bṛhaspati, we call you with our inspired utterances when the Soma is pressed, for the drinking and inward taking of this Soma-delight.
Mantra 6
सोममिन्द्राबृहस्पती पिबतं दाशुषो गृहे । मादयेथां तदोकसा ॥
Drink the Soma, O Indra and Bṛhaspati, in the home of the giver; rejoice there in that dwelling—make it your settled seat within us.
Frequently Asked Questions
They are called as a pair: Indra represents victorious power and force, while Bṛhaspati represents sacred speech, priestly wisdom, and right guidance. Together they bring success through both strength and insight.
It asks the deities to accept the offering and Soma, to be present in the giver’s home, and to place within the worshippers abundant rayi—prosperity, increase, and victorious well-being.
On the ritual level it means the gods are invited to make the sacrificer’s space their seat and favor it. On an inner level it suggests stabilizing divine strength and inspired clarity within the practitioner.