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Sukta 7.27
Vasiṣṭha
Indra
Triṣṭubh (probable)
Vasishtha ne is mantra mein Indra ko bulaya hai. Jab log apne vichar kisi bade lakshya pe lagate hain, tab woh Indra ko pukarte hain. Indra poori duniya ka raja hai aur sab jagah ka malik hai. Woh apni shakti se sab kuch sambhalta hai. Vasishtha maangte hain ki Indra unko dhan aur suraksha de. Yeh dhan gaay, ghode aur rath ki shakhi mein samajhaaya gaya hai. Indra humein aasani aur khushhali de.
Mantra 1
इन्द्रं नरो नेमधिता हवन्ते यत्पार्या युनजते धियस्ताः । शूरो नृषाता शवसश्चकान आ गोमति व्रजे भजा त्वं नः ॥
Log Indra ko pukarte hain jab woh apni soch ko aage ke goal se jodte hain. Hey bahadur, tu insaanon ko jeeta hai aur taakat mein khush hai. Humein bhi apne paas wahan le aa jahan gaye aur gyaan ki dheri hai.
Mantra 2
य इन्द्र शुष्मो मघवन्ते अस्ति शिक्षा सखिभ्यः पुरुहूत नृभ्यः । त्वं हि दृळ्हा मघवन्विचेता अपा वृधि परिवृतं न राधः ॥
Hey Indra, jo teri taakat hai, woh dene wali hai. Apne doston ko aur insaanon ko sikhao. Tu pakka hai aur samajhdar hai. Jo daulat bandi hui hai usko khol aur badha.
Mantra 3
इन्द्रो राजा जगतश्चर्षणीनामधि क्षमि विषुरूपं यदस्ति । ततो ददाति दाशुषे वसूनि चोदद्राध उपस्तुतश्चिदर्वाक् ॥
Indra sab jagah ka raja hai. Saari duniya ke logon pe uski satta hai. Dharti pe jo bhi alag-alag cheezein hain, sab pe uska raj hai. Is satta se woh daane walon ko detaata hai. Log neeche se bhi uski tarif karte hain, woh unki sunta hai aur unko deta hai.
Mantra 4
नू चिन्न इन्द्रो मघवा सहूती दानो वाजं नि यमते न ऊती । अनूना यस्य दक्षिणा पीपाय वामं नृभ्यो अभिवीता सखिभ्यः ॥
Abhi bhi Indra hum sabki puja sunta hai. Woh taakat ko rok ke rakhta hai taki humein madad mile. Uska dena kabhi khatam nahi hota, woh badhta rehta hai. Woh logon ko woh cheez deta hai jo unko chahiye, jo uske saathi hain unko bhi.
Mantra 5
नू इन्द्र राये वरिवस्कृधी न आ ते मनो ववृत्याम मघाय । गोमदश्वावद्रथवद्व्यन्तो यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
Ab Indra humare liye jagah bana de. Humara mann tere paas rahe, tu jo deta hai uske liye. Gaay, ghode, rath, yeh sab de. Tu humesha humara khayal rakhta rahe, humara bhala karta rahe.
It praises Indra as the ruling power over the world and asks him to turn prosperity and protection toward the worshipper, creating “wide space” (varivas) for growth and well-being (svasti).
They are classic Vedic symbols of abundance and success: cows for wealth and nourishing light, horses for energy and effective power, and chariots for victorious progress and capacity to move forward.
Varivas means a broad, free, unobstructed space—both outwardly (safety, opportunity, prosperity) and inwardly (room for the mind and life-force to expand toward a higher aim).
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