Sukta 40
Sukta 3.40
Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional attribution for RV 3)
Indra
Gāyatrī
Is mantra mein Indra ko bulaya ja raha hai. Wo taakat ka bail hai aur naya nichoda hua Soma pee raha hai. Use yeh kehte hain ki aas-paas se aao aur madhyam sthan mein aakar khelo. Indra se yeh bhi prayash hai ki wo madhu jaisi meethi cheez ko badhaye. Yeh shakti jeet aur roshni laati hai. Yagya karne wale ko bal deta hai.
Mantras
Mantra 1
इन्द्र त्वा वृषभं वयं सुते सोमे हवामहे । स पाहि मध्वो अन्धसः ॥
Indra, hum tumhe bulate hain. Tum bail ki tarah balwan ho. Yeh Soma ras pees ke nikla hai, isko piyo. Hume meetha ras do, humare andar shakti bana ke rakho.
Mantra 2
इन्द्र क्रतुविदं सुतं सोमं हर्य पुरुष्टुत । पिबा वृषस्व तातृपिम् ॥
Indra, tum jaante ho kya sahi hai aur kaise karna hai. Yeh Soma le lo, piyo. Bahut log tumhari tarif karte hain. Tumhari shakti badho, dil khush ho jaye, poora satisfaction mile.
Mantra 3
इन्द्र प्र णो धितावानं यज्ञं विश्वेभिर्देवेभिः । तिर स्तवान विश्पते ॥
Indra ko pukaro aur kehna ki hamari puja ko aage le chalo. Saare devi-devta uske saath hon. Raste mein jo rukawatein aayein, unko paar karke le jao. Indra sabka malik hai, woh hi is kaam ko poora karega.
Mantra 4
इन्द्र सोमाः सुता इमे तव प्र यन्ति सत्पते । क्षयं चन्द्रास इन्दवः ॥
Indra, yeh Som ras tere liye nikala hai. Yeh sab tere paas aa rahe hain. Yeh chamakdar boondein tere ghar ki taraf ja rahi hain. Jaise chandni raat mein roshni hoti hai, waise hi yeh ras tujhe khushi denge.
Mantra 5
दधिष्वा जठरे सुतं सोममिन्द्र वरेण्यम् । तव द्युक्षास इन्दवः ॥
Indra, yeh Som ras ko apne pet mein rakh le. Yeh bahut achha ras hai, isko choose karke pi le. Yeh boondein roshni deti hain aur tujhe taakat deti hain. Isse tera dimaag aur tez chalega.
Mantra 6
गिर्वणः पाहि नः सुतं मधोर्धाराभिरज्यसे । इन्द्र त्वादातमिद्यशः ॥
Indra, humari baatein sunta hai na, tu is Som ras ki hifazat kar. Tere upar meetha ras baha rahe hain, jaise tel malish karte hain. Tu hi badhai deta hai, tu hi naam kamata hai. Yeh sab teri den hai.
Mantra 7
अभि द्युम्नानि वनिन इन्द्रं सचन्ते अक्षिता । पीत्वी सोमस्य वावृधे ॥
Indra ke aas-paas saari taakatein ikhati ho rahi hain. Yeh kabhi khatam nahi hoti. Som ras pi ke Indra aur bada ho gaya. Ab woh aur zyada chamak raha hai, aur zyada taakatwala ban gaya hai.
Mantra 8
अर्वावतो न आ गहि परावतश्च वृत्रहन् । इमा जुषस्व नो गिरः ॥
Indra, paas se bhi aa, door se bhi aa. Tu woh hai jo raste ke bandhan todta hai. Hamari yeh baatein sun le. Tu aake andhera hata de.
Mantra 9
यदन्तरा परावतमर्वावतं च हूयसे । इन्द्रेह तत आ गहि ॥
Jab hum tumhe pukarte hain, tum beech mein se sunte ho. Door bhi ho, paas bhi ho, tab bhi aa jao. Indra, yahan aa. Hamare beech aa ke roshni la.
Frequently Asked Questions
It invites Indra to the freshly pressed Soma and asks him to drink it, protect the hymn’s “sweet essence,” and grant strength, victory, and thriving power to the worshippers.
“Bull” is a Vedic image for overflowing strength, virility, and victorious force—Indra is praised as the one whose power can break obstacles and increase abundance.
It is a poetic way of summoning Indra from every direction and distance, urging him to cross the in-between space and arrive effectively “here”—at the rite and within the worshipper’s inner field.
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