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Sukta 4.48
Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional for RV 4.48)
Vāyu
Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (probable; refrain-like structure suggests fixed meter—requires confirmation)
Yeh mantra Vayu ko bulata hai Soma ke liye. Vayu ko kehte hai ki apni chamakdar rath mein aao. Taze nichode hue Soma ka peena unke liye hai. Yeh sab sahi tarike se hota hai jab woh aate hain. Vayu se maanga hai ki taqat aur dhan laao. Isse yajna karne wale ka bhala hota hai.
Mantra 1
विहि होत्रा अवीता विपो न रायो अर्यः । वायवा चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये ॥
Do bhent taiyaar karo, madad karne wale. Jaise koi gyani logon ke liye dhan chahata hai. Vayu, tum apna chamakta hua rath lekar aao. Soma peene ke liye aao.
Mantra 2
निर्युवाणो अशस्तीर्नियुत्वाँ इन्द्रसारथिः । वायवा चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये ॥
Jhoothi baatein door karo. Sahi tarike se jud ke, Indra jo rath chala raha hai, uske saath aao. Vayu, apna chamakta hua rath lekar aao. Soma peene ke liye aao.
Mantra 3
अनु कृष्णे वसुधिती येमाते विश्वपेशसा । वायवा चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये ॥
Kaale rang ke logon ke peeche peeche, dhan ke do khajane fail rahe hain, har tarah ke roop mein. Vayu, apna chamakta hua rath lekar aao. Soma peene ke liye aao.
Mantra 4
वहन्तु त्वा मनोयुजो युक्तासो नवतिर्नव । वायवा चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये ॥
Vayu bhagwan ke liye yeh mantra hai. Unke rath ko 99 ghode khainche ja rahe hain. Yeh ghode mann se jud ke chale jaate hain. Vayu, tum chamakdar rath lekar aao. Soma ka juice nikal ke taiyaar hai, usko peene ke liye aao.
Mantra 5
वायो शतं हरीणां युवस्व पोष्याणाम् । उत वा ते सहस्रिणो रथ आ यातु पाजसा ॥
Vayu, tumhare liye 100 chamakdar ghode taiyaar hain. Yeh ghode aise hain jo aage badhte rehte hain. Ya phir tumhara ek aisa rath aaye jisme hazaar ghode ho. Woh apni taakat se chamak ke aaye.
Its purpose is to invite Vāyu to the Soma ritual, asking him to arrive swiftly and drink the pressed Soma, bringing vitality, strength, and prosperity to the worshipper.
The repeated line works like a refrain: it intensifies the invocation and highlights Vāyu’s defining trait—swift, radiant movement—so the deity is drawn quickly to the offering.
They are poetic symbols of immense speed and power, suggesting that Vāyu’s life-force can arrive in overwhelming strength and multiply nourishment and increase for the sacrificer.
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