Rig Veda 7.10.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 10, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.10
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Devata
- Agni
- Chandas
- Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Shanta (peace)
इन्द्रं नो अग्ने वसुभिः सजोषा रुद्रं रुद्रेभिरा वहा बृहन्तम् । आदित्येभिरदितिं विश्वजन्यां बृहस्पतिमृक्वभिर्विश्ववारम् ॥
índraṃ no agne vásubhiḥ sajóṣā rudráṃ rudrébhir ā́ vahā bṛhántam | ādityébhiḥ áditiṃ viśvájanyāṃ bṛ́haspátim ṛ́kvabhir viśvá-vāram ||
Tráenos, oh Agni, a Indra con los Vasu, en una sola alegría; trae a Rudra con los Rudras, el inmenso. Con los Ādityas trae a Aditi, la que engendra a todos, madre de la anchura universal; y trae a Bṛhaspati con los Ṛkva, los cantores de la Palabra, dador de todos los dones deseables.
Word by Word
- इन्द्रम्
- Indra (as the one to be brought)Nounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole कर्मRoot इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
- नः
- our / for usPronounषष्ठी, बहुवचन (एन्क्लिटिक ‘नः’ = our)Role सम्बन्धRoot अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- अग्ने
- O AgniNounपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRole सम्बोधनRoot अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
- वसुभिः
- with the VasusNounपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole सह/सहचर (सहयोग) / करण (सहकारक-भाव)Root वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
- सजोषाः
- being in concord / togetherAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)Role कर्तृ (अग्निः) विशेषणRoot सजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक; स- + जोषस् ‘साथ/एकमत’)
- रुद्रम्
- RudraNounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole कर्मRoot रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
- रुद्रेभिः
- with the RudrasNounपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole सह/सहचर (सहयोग) / करण (सहकारक-भाव)Root रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
- आ
- hither, towards (here)Indeclinableउपसर्गः (वह धातोः सह)Role क्रियाविशेषणRoot आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
- वह
- bring, conveyVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदRole क्रिया (आह्वान/प्रेरणा)Root वह् (धातु)
- बृहन्तम्
- the great, loftyAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (इन्द्र/रुद्रादीनां विशेषणम्—‘महान्तम्’)Role कर्म विशेषणRoot बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
- आदित्येभिः
- with the ĀdityasNounपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole सह/सहचर (सहयोग) / करण (सहकारक-भाव)Root आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
- अदितिम्
- AditiNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole कर्मRoot अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
- विश्वजन्याम्
- belonging to all people / universalAdjectiveस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (अदितेः विशेषणम्)Role कर्म विशेषणRoot विश्वजन्य (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व- + जन्य ‘सर्वजन-सम्बद्ध/सर्वजन-उत्पन्न’)
- बृहस्पतिम्
- BṛhaspatiNounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole कर्मRoot बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
- ऋक्वभिः
- with the ṛk-singers / hymn-chantersNounपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole सह/सहचर (सहयोग) / करण (सहकारक-भाव)Root ऋक्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ऋच्-गायक/ऋग्वेद-स्तुतिकर्तृ’)
- विश्ववारम्
- all-excellent / desirable to allAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (बृहस्पतेः विशेषणम्)Role कर्म विशेषणRoot विश्ववार (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व- + वार ‘वरणीय/प्रिय/श्रेष्ठ’)
Sandhi Notes
- Sandhi resolution (padapāṭha-style): इन्द्रं नः अग्ने वसुभिः सजोषाः | रुद्रं रुद्रेभिः आ वह बृहन्तम् || आदित्येभिः अदितिं विश्वजन्याम् बृहस्पतिम् ऋक्वभिः विश्ववारम् || Notable: रुद्रेभिः + आ → रुद्रेभिरा (visarga-less instrumental plural before vowel)
- बृहस्पतिम् + ऋक्वभिः → बृहस्पतिमृक्वभिः (m + ṛ sandhi). Accents in saṃhitā retained but not re-assigned per pada
The meaning
Outer meaning
O Agni, bring us Indra with the Vasus in common joy; bring Rudra with the Rudras, the vast one. With the Adityas bring Aditi, universal mother, and bring Bṛhaspati with the seers of the Word, giver of all boons.
Inner meaning
Agni, as the integrator of the inner sacrifice, is asked to convene a full assembly of powers: Indra (illumined mind) with the Vasus (harmonizing foundational forces) for sajoṣā—unified delight and consent in the being. Rudra with the Rudras brings intense force of purification and transformative energy (sometimes fierce, but ‘bṛhantam’—vast and uplifted). The Adityas bring the law of truth and infinity; with them Aditi is invoked as boundless wideness, the Mother-principle of freedom from limitation. Finally Bṛhaspati with ṛkvabhiḥ (seers of the Word) establishes the creative mantra-power that organizes consciousness and grants ‘all desirable’ inner boons—right speech, right knowledge, right victory.
Universal truth
Integral growth requires a harmony of powers—illumination, purification, wideness, and inspired word—gathered and coordinated by the awakened will.
Themes
pantheon integration, Agni as ritual-psychological mediator, victory-force (Indra), word-mastery (Brihaspati)
The seer
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Lineage
- Vasiṣṭha (Maitrāvaruṇa lineage, as traditionally remembered)
- Other hymns
- RV 7.2 (Agni and the gods), RV 7.4, RV 7.18 (Indra), RV 7.33 (wideness and truth motifs)
Family tradition
Vasiṣṭha often invokes a harmony of deities as inner powers—an integral yoga of many forces gathered by Agni.
Significance
This verse shows the Vasiṣṭha method: Agni is not only fire but the convener of the inner divine assembly—coordinating illumination (Indra), purification (Rudra), wideness (Aditi), and the Word (Bṛhaspati).
The deity
- Devata
- Agni (as summoner/convener)
- Epithets
- ā vahā (bring hither), yajña-leader (implied)
- Related deities
- Indra, Vasus, Rudra, Rudras, Ādityas, Aditi, Bṛhaspati
Cosmic role
Convokes the gods to the sacrifice; establishes communion and distributes their powers into the human field.
Inner power
Integrative will that can call and harmonize multiple spiritual faculties.
In ritual
Where it is used
Devatā-havana/āhvāna sequences where multiple deities are invited through Agni
इन्द्रं॑ नो अग्ने॒ वसु॑भिः स॒जोषा॑ रु॒द्रं रु॒द्रेभि॒रा व॑हा बृ॒हन्त॑म् । आ॒दि॒त्येभि॒रदि॑तिं वि॒श्वज॑न्यां॒ बृह॒स्पति॒मृक्व॑भिर्वि॒श्ववा॑रम् ॥
इन्द्र॑म् । नः॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । वसु॑ऽभिः । स॒ऽजोषाः॑ । रु॒द्रम् । रु॒द्रेभिः । आ । व॒ह॒ । बृ॒हन्त॑म् । आ॒दि॒त्येभिः॑ । अदि॑तिम् । वि॒श्वऽज॑न्याम् । बृह॒स्पति॑म् । ऋक्व॑ऽभिः । वि॒श्वऽवा॑रम् ॥
indram | naḥ | agne | vasu-bhiḥ | sa-joṣāḥ | rudram | rudrebhiḥ | ā | vaha | bṛhantam | ādityebhiḥ | aditim | viśva-janyām | bṛhaspatim | ṛkva-bhiḥ | viśva-vāram
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4×11 syllables (approx.)
Invocatory and enumerative; strong caesura-like pauses support ‘bringing’ each power distinctly.
Creates a sense of gathering and completeness; mentally ‘assembles’ faculties into a unified inner rite.
- indra
- Literal: Indra. Symbolic: divine Mind; illumined intelligence that breaks obstruction
- vasubhiḥ
- Literal: with the Vasus. Symbolic: supporting harmonies; foundational energies that stabilize progress
- sajoṣāḥ
- Literal: in one joy/consent. Symbolic: inner concord; unified delight across parts of the being
- rudram / rudrebhiḥ
- Literal: Rudra with the Rudras. Symbolic: purifying storm-force; transformative intensity in life-energy
- bṛhantam
- Literal: vast, great. Symbolic: expansion beyond small ego-bound force
- ādityebhiḥ
- Literal: with the Ādityas. Symbolic: powers of truth, law, infinity; guardians of ṛta
- aditim
- Literal: Aditi. Symbolic: boundless consciousness; infinite Mother-wideness
- viśvajanyām
- Literal: universal-born/universal mother. Symbolic: source of all expansive movements in the being
- bṛhaspatim
- Literal: Bṛhaspati. Symbolic: lord of the Word; inspired knowledge that opens the inner worlds
- ṛkvabhiḥ
- Literal: with the ṛk-singers/seers. Symbolic: mantric faculties; illumined speech
- viśvavāram
- Literal: giver of all boons/desirables. Symbolic: plenitude of realizations: light, strength, joy, right action
Multi-deity āvāhana through Agni: Agni is asked to ‘bring’ key divine powers with their hosts—typical of soma and communal offerings.
Mid-invocation when calling a group of deities to partake
Recitation during offerings while inviting Indra, Rudra, Ādityas etc.
For balance: chant when needing integrated strength—clarity (Indra), courage/purification (Rudra), wideness (Aditi), right expression (Bṛhaspati).
√vah ‘carry/bring’ (PIE *weǵʰ-). bṛhánt/bṛhás (from √bṛh ‘grow, expand’). adití ‘unboundness’. Indra’s name debated; Rudra possibly from rud- ‘cry/howl’ or ‘ruddy’; Bṛhaspati (bṛhás ‘expansion’ + páti ‘lord’).
Aditi (infinite consciousness), Bṛhat (the Vast), integration of divine powers for r̥ta
Ādityas and Aditi are direct symbols of ṛta—truth-law and infinite order.
Bṛhaspati and ṛk-seers embody satya in speech: truth expressed as mantra.
Creation as coordinated action of multiple cosmic powers, mediated by Agni in the yajña.
Integral Vedic theism/psychology: many deities as differentiated powers of one Reality.
Fire = organizing will; sky = boundless consciousness; storm = transformative purification; sun = truth-law illumination.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The convocation mythologem: Agni gathers and brings the major divine hosts into the sacrifice. In inner terms, the awakened will calls in victory-force (Indra), transforming intensity (Rudra), wideness (Aditi/Adityas), and the master-word (Bṛhaspati) for an integral advance.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- páti ‘lord’ in Bṛhaspati reflects PIE *pótis (cf. Greek πόσις, Latin potis). √vah ‘carry’ reflects PIE *weǵʰ- (Latin vehō). The host-compounds (Vasus/Adityas/Rudras) show archaic cataloguing typical of IE hymns.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi relies on Agni as the executive mediator: human aspiration cannot directly marshal the totality of powers, but Agni can ‘bring’ them. The reciprocity is that the rishi provides the ordered call; Agni returns by assembling the needed cosmic functions to support wholeness and boons (viśva-vāra).
Invoke and harmonize inner powers: clarity (Indra), purification-force (Rudra), wideness (Aditi), inspired word (Bṛhaspati).
ajna (Indra/illumination) with sahasrara (Aditi/wideness)
Box breathing 4-4-4-4 to ‘assemble’ stability; then a few long exhales for wideness
Integrated, protected, widened; readiness for inspired action.
Chant once; then silently name the four powers and feel where each lives in you. Offer disharmony into Agni; end by resting in Aditi-like wideness for 2 minutes.
Rigvedic accents important in the enumerations; keep each deity-name clearly articulated with its accent.
Pause slightly after each invocation segment (Indram… / Rudram… / Aditim… / Bṛhaspatim…) to preserve clarity of ‘bringing’.
sajoṣāḥ: ‘jo’ voiced, long āḥ ending, rudrebhir: keep ‘dr’ cluster clean, ādityebhir: long ā; dental t, aditim: short i; soft d, bṛhaspatim: vocalic ṛ; aspirated bh
Invocatory, steady, resonant; broaden tone on ‘bṛhantam’ and ‘aditim’.
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