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Sukta 3.46
Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional, Mandala 3)
Indra
Triṣṭubh (very likely)
Yeh mantra Indra ji ke liye hai jo vajra leke chalte hain. Woh khud ke malik hain aur hamesha jawan rehte hain, budhe nahi hote. Indra ji ek bail ki tarah balwan hain aur unke bahut saare kaam hain. Inka naam aasman, dharti aur beech ki jagah sab jagah faila hai. Yeh sab se bade hain aur koi bhi unko nap nahi sakta. Soma banaya jata hai taaki Indra ji pi sakein aur humein jeet aur suraksha dein.
Mantra 1
युध्मस्य ते वृषभस्य स्वराज उग्रस्य यूनः स्थविरस्य घृष्वेः । अजूर्यतो वज्रिणो वीर्याणीन्द्र श्रुतस्य महतो महानि ॥
Indra, yeh teri bahaduri ki taakat hai. Tu jaise ek balwan bail hai, khud ka raja. Tu tez hai, jawan hai, pakka hai. Tu kabhi thoda nahi. Tere haath mein vajra hai. Tere bade kaam hain, tere bade naam hain.
Mantra 2
महाँ असि महिष वृष्ण्येभिर्धनस्पृदुग्र सहमानो अन्यान् । एको विश्वस्य भुवनस्य राजा स योधया च क्षयया च जनान् ॥
Indra, tu bahut bada hai. Teri taakat hai, dhan hai. Tu dusron ko harata hai. Tu akela poori duniya ka raja hai. Tu logon ko ladne bhej sakta hai aur unhe theek jagah bitha sakta hai.
Mantra 3
प्र मात्राभी रिरिचे रोचमानः प्र देवेभिर्विश्वतो अप्रतीतः । प्र मज्मना दिव इन्द्रः पृथिव्याः प्रोरोर्महो अन्तरिक्षादृजीषी ॥
Indra ki taakat bahut faili hai, chamak rahi hai. Woh devataon se bhi aage nikal gaya hai, koi usse nahi rok sakta. Woh aasman aur dharti se bhi bada ho gaya. Woh poori duniya mein fail gaya hai.
Mantra 4
उरुं गभीरं जनुषाभ्युग्रं विश्वव्यचसमवतं मतीनाम् । इन्द्रं सोमासः प्रदिवि सुतासः समुद्रं न स्रवत आ विशन्ति ॥
Indra bade aur gehre hain, janam se hi tej. Woh har jagah phailte hain aur logon ke khayalon mein madad karte hain. Soma ras ki dhaarein Indra mein girti hain, jaise nadiyan samundar mein ja milte hain.
Mantra 5
यं सोममिन्द्र पृथिवीद्यावा गर्भं न माता बिभृतस्त्वाया । तं ते हिन्वन्ति तमु ते मृजन्त्यध्वर्यवो वृषभ पातवा उ ॥
Dharti aur aasman us Soma ko sambhalte hain, jaise maa apna baccha dharti hai. Yeh woh Soma hai jo Indra ke liye hai. Pandit log use hilate hain aur saaf karte hain taaki Indra pi sakein. Indra bail jaisi taakat wale hain.
It proclaims Indra’s unmatched, immeasurable power—he overflows all limits—and it directs that praise into the Soma offering so Indra may drink and empower the sacrificer.
It is a poetic way of saying Indra cannot be contained by ordinary limits: his might and radiance surpass even the cosmic domains of heaven, earth, and the midspace.
Soma is the purified offering prepared by the priests; it is upheld by Heaven and Earth and then pressed and cleansed so Indra, the Bull, may drink and become fully invigorated.
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