Rig Veda 10.105.10: Mandala 10, Sukta 105, Mantra 10
Sukta 10.105
- Devata
- Indra
- Chandas
- Jagatī or Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Shanta (peace) and Adbhuta (wonder)
श्रिये ते पृश्निरुपसेचनी भूच्छ्रिये दर्विररेपाः । यया स्वे पात्रे सिञ्चस उत् ॥
śríye te pṛ́śnir upa-sécanī bhūc chríye dárvir arepā́ḥ | yayā́ své pā́tre siñcáse út ||
भगवान, तुम्हारी चमक और बड़ाई के लिए यह धन बरसे। जैसे पानी बरसता है, वैसे ही यह भी बरसे। जो चम्मच तुम उसे करते हो, वो साफ और साफ़ होनी चाहिए। उससे तुम अपने ही बर्तन में डालते हो।
Word by Word
- श्रिये
- for prosperity / for splendorNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचन (श्रिये)Role सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)Root श्री (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) / श्रि- (समृद्धौ, धातु) आधार
- ते
- of you / yourPronounषष्ठी एकवचन (ते = thy/your)Role सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)Root युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- पृश्निः
- Pṛśni (the dappled cow; a mythic mother/cow)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनRole कर्तृRoot पृश्नि- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘चित्त्रवर्णा/पृश्नि-गौः’)
- उपसेचनी
- sprinkling/bedewing; one that pours onAdjectiveस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (पृश्निः इति विशेषणम्)Role कर्तृ (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)Root उप-सेचनी (प्रातिपदिक; उप + सेचनी < √सिच् ‘सिञ्चति’)
- भूत्
- became / wasVerbलुङ् (अोरिस्ट); 3 पुरुष; एकवचन (भूत् = ‘became/was’)Role क्रियाRoot √भू (भवति)
- श्रिये
- for prosperityNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी एकवचनRole सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)Root श्री (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
- दर्विः
- the ladleNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनRole कर्तृRoot दर्वि- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘दर्वी’ = ladle)
- अरेपाः
- stainless / faultlessAdjective(दर्विः इति विशेष्यस्य) प्रथमा एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग-रूपेण (अरेपाः)Role कर्तृ (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)Root अ-रेपस् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; अ- + रेपस् ‘दोष/कल्मष’)
- यया
- by which / with whichPronounस्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन (यया = ‘by which/with which’)Role करणRoot यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- स्वे
- in one’s ownAdjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (स्वे)Role अधिकरण (locative)Root स्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
- पात्रे
- in the vessel / bowlNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (पात्रे)Role अधिकरणRoot पात्र- (नपुंसक प्रातिपदिक)
- सिञ्चसि
- you pour / you sprinkleVerbलट् (वर्तमान); 2 पुरुष; एकवचनRole क्रियाRoot √सिच् (सिञ्चति)
- उत्
- up / forthIndeclinableनिपात; क्रियाविशेषक (उद्-भाव/उत्कर्ष/उद्गमन)Role (क्रियाविशेषण)Root उत् (उपसर्ग/निपात)
Sandhi Notes
- पाठ-समाधान (sandhi resolution): (1) पृश्निः + उपसेचनी → पृश्निरुपसेचनी (विसर्ग-लोपः, र्-आदेशः)
- (2) भूच्छ्रिये = भूत् + श्रिये (त् + श् → च्छ्; संहितायां ‘भूच्छ्रिये’)
- (3) दर्विः + अरेपाः → दर्विररेपाः (विसर्ग-लोपः, र्-आदेशः)
- शेषपदानि प्रायः असन्धितानि।
The meaning
Outer meaning
For your splendour, may the dappled one become a pouring stream; for your splendour may the ladle be stainless—by which you pour out into your own vessel.
Inner meaning
The “pṛśni” (dappled abundance—often a cow/wealth image) becomes the upasecanī, the inner pouring current: mixed, many-colored experiences are transmuted into a single stream of offering. The “darvi” (ladle) is the instrument of distribution—our will and discernment—made arepāḥ (unstained, unhurt), so the outpouring is pure. Indra’s splendour (śrī) increases when the seeker can pour the refined essence into the ‘own vessel’ (sve pātre): the prepared inner receptacle of consciousness.
Universal truth
Prosperity of the spirit is not accumulation but right circulation: purify the instrument, refine the mixed materials of life into a clear stream, and pour into a receptive inner vessel—then splendour grows.
Themes
increase of splendour, purification of instruments, right outpouring into the prepared vessel
The seer
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda 10.105.1-11
Significance
The verse reads like a concise instruction for inner purity and right offering—an impersonal ‘manual’ tone typical of some late RV material.
The deity
- Devata
- Indra (probable continuity)
- Epithets
- Maghavan, Purandara (fort-breaker; later epithet, thematically aligned), Jyotiṣmat (luminous; thematic)
- Related deities
- Soma (the poured delight), Agni (receiver of offerings), Sarasvatī (flow of inspiration; thematic)
Cosmic role
Receives and releases the energizing flow; increases śrī by right distribution of power.
Inner power
Capacity to turn mixed vital forces into a clear current and to pour it into the soul’s prepared receptacle.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma offering imagery; ladle and vessel language suits Soma-yajña
श्रि॒ये ते॒ पृश्नि॑रुप॒सेच॑नी भूच्छ्रि॒ये दर्वि॑ररे॒पाः । यया॒ स्वे पात्रे॑ सि॒ञ्चस॒ उत् ॥
श्रि॒ये । ते॒ । पृश्निः॑ । उ॒प॒ऽसेच॑नी । भू॒त् । श्रि॒ये । दर्विः॑ । अ॒रे॒पाः । यया॑ । स्वे । पात्रे॑ । सि॒ञ्चसे॑ । उत् ॥
śriye | te | pṛśniḥ | upa-secanī | bhūt | śriye | darviḥ | arepāḥ | yayā | sve | pātre | siñcase | ut
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4 pādas (probable 11-syllable cadence)
Liquid, ‘pouring’ movement with repeated śriye and siñc- sounds.
Encourages a felt sense of cleansing and inward filling; supports meditations on purity and receptivity.
- श्रियॆ (śriye)
- Literal: for splendour/prosperity. Symbolic: increase of luminous fullness and harmony in the being
- पृश्निः (pṛśniḥ)
- Literal: dappled, speckled. Symbolic: mixed abundance of life-forces; manifold energies to be unified
- उपसेचनी (upasecanī)
- Literal: pouring-stream, irrigation. Symbolic: continuous flow of offering/energy into the inner fire or receptacle
- दर्विः (darviḥ)
- Literal: ladle. Symbolic: the will-instrument that measures and offers; discriminating action
- अरेपाः (arepāḥ)
- Literal: unstained, uninjured. Symbolic: purity of motive and instrument; untainted will
- पात्रे (pātre)
- Literal: vessel. Symbolic: inner receptivity; the prepared consciousness that can hold delight/power
- सिञ्चसे (siñcase)
- Literal: you pour. Symbolic: the divine act of infusing the being with force and delight
Directly references offering implements (darvi, pātra): applicable to libation moments in Soma/ghṛta offerings; emphasizes purity and right channeling of the outpouring.
During libations/offerings; as a prosperity-śrī invocation in Indra sequences.
Consecration of the flow (stream) and instrument (ladle) so the offering is pure.
Use before meditation or work: ‘make the ladle stainless’ (purify intention), then ‘pour into the vessel’ (stabilize attention in the heart/inner cup).
śrī (prosperity/splendour; from √śrī/√śray ‘to lean on, resort’ → that on which one rests, fortune; in Vedic also radiance); pṛśni (speckled, many-colored; often symbolic of abundant nature); secanī (from √sic ‘to pour, sprinkle’); darvi (ladle; ritual tool → inner instrument of right action); arepā (a- privative + repa ‘stain/defect’).
Śrī as luminous fullness, purity (arepāḥ) as condition for right manifestation, right receptacle (pātra) as prepared consciousness
Rita is the correct proportion and purity of the outflow—measured offering rather than leakage.
Arepāḥ: truth-purity of the instrument; no admixture of false motive.
Transformation of multiplicity (pṛśni) into a coherent stream—cosmic integration mirrored in the seeker.
Inner yajña psychology; anticipates Upaniṣadic ‘vessel’ imagery of receptivity.
Life’s mixed movements become a purified flow of energy; the will becomes a clean ladle; the heart-mind becomes a stable cup.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The ‘outpouring’ mythologem: divine fullness (śrī) is not seized but poured through pure instruments into a prepared vessel. The dappled abundance (pṛśniḥ) becomes the irrigating stream—symbolizing manifold richness organized into a single nourishing flow.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √sic ‘pour’ is an old Indo-European verb with parallels in the semantic field of ‘pouring/sprinkling’. The ritual lexicon (pātra ‘vessel’, instrumentals) shows the archaic Indo-European tendency to encode spiritual process through concrete craft/ritual implements.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The seer seeks not external wealth but the deity’s own increase of splendour within the rite and within the practitioner. The reciprocity is: the human offers with a stainless instrument; the Devatā responds by pouring fullness into the rightly prepared capacity.
Purify intention (ladle), refine energies into a single flow (stream), receive in inner cup (vessel).
Manipura (transformative ‘refining’) to Anahata (vessel of reception)
Exhale-focused practice (1:2 breathing) to ‘pour out’ restlessness; then natural inhalation to ‘receive’.
Clear, receptive, quietly luminous.
Before japa, pause and name the ‘stain’ (restlessness, ego-demand); offer it into the flow; then repeat the mantra feeling a cool stream filling a golden cup in the heart.
Not fully recoverable from the provided text; chant with steady Vedic tone and clear vowel lengths.
Emphasize the repeated śriye as a refrain; keep caesura after bhūt / arepāḥ if it feels natural.
pṛśnir: pronounce ṛ clearly (pṛ-), not ‘prish’, upasecanī: keep c as ‘ch’ (se-ca), long ī at end, arepāḥ: long ā, final ḥ audible, siñcase: palatal ñ (sin-ya-like nasal), not dental n
Clear and ‘liquid’ tone; slightly softer on pouring imagery to evoke flow.
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