Rig Veda 10.116.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 116, Mantra 8
Sukta 10.116
- Devata
- Indra
- Chandas
- Trishtubh
- Rasa
- Shanta (peace) and Adbhuta (wonder)
अद्धीदिन्द्र प्रस्थितेमा हवींषि चनो दधिष्व पचतोत सोमम् । प्रयस्वन्तः प्रति हर्यामसि त्वा सत्याः सन्तु यजमानस्य कामाः ॥
addhīd índra prá-sthitā imā havī́ṃṣi cánaḥ dadhiṣva pacatóta sómam | práyasvantaḥ práti haryāmasi tvā satyā́ḥ santu yájamānasya kā́māḥ ||
इन्द्र, यह सब चीज़ें तेरे लिए रखी हैं, खा ले। सोम भी पक रहा है, वो भी ले ले। हम दिल से तुझे बुला रहे हैं। जो यज्ञ कर रहा है, उसकी इच्छा पूरी हो जाए।
Word by Word
- अद्धि
- eat!Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थे), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्Role (क्रिया)Root अद् (भक्षणे)
- ईत्
- indeed, justIndeclinableनिपातः/अव्ययम् (वैदिक-प्रयोगः; ‘indeed/just’ इत्यर्थे)Role (सम्बन्धक/निपात)Root इ (गत्यर्थे) / इति-निपातसदृशः वैदिकः अव्ययप्रयोगः
- इन्द्र
- O IndraNounपुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-एकवचनम्Role सम्बोधनRoot इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिकम्)
- प्रस्थिते
- O set-forth/ready-to-depart (one)Adjectiveपुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-एकवचनम् (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)Role सम्बोधन-विशेषणRoot प्र-स्था (गत्यर्थे) → प्रस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिकम्)
- इमा
- thesePronounनपुंसकलिङ्गे (वैदिके बहुधा), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्Role कर्म (हवींषि इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)Root इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)
- हवींषि
- oblationsNounनपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्Role कर्मRoot हविस् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
- च
- andIndeclinableसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्Role (समुच्चय)Root च
- नः
- of us / ourPronounषष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (एन्क्लिटिकः)Role सम्बन्ध (अस्माकम्)Root अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
- दधिष्व
- place/accept for yourselfVerbलोट्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्Role (क्रिया)Root धा (धारणे/निधाने) → दधि- (लोट्-आत्मनेपद)
- पचतः
- (you) two cook / are cookingVerbलट्, मध्यमपुरुषः, द्विवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्Role कर्तृ (यजमान-पक्षः ‘we two’)Root पच् (पाके)
- उत
- and alsoIndeclinableसमुच्चय/विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम् (‘and/also/further’)Role (सम्बन्धक)Root उत
- सोमम्
- SomaNounपुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-एकवचनम्Role कर्मRoot सोम (प्रातिपदिकम्)
- प्रयस्वन्तः
- possessing refreshment/strengthAdjectiveपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्Role कर्तृRoot प्रयस्-वत् (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘प्रयस्’ = refreshment/strength, -वत् = possessing)
- प्रति
- towards, in returnIndeclinableउपसर्ग/अव्ययम् (दिशा/प्रत्यागमनार्थे)Role (क्रियाविशेषण)Root प्रति
- हर्यामसि
- we call/invite (you)Verbलट्, उत्तमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्Role (क्रिया)Root हृ (हरणे) → हर्य (इच्छा/आह्वानार्थक-धात्वादेशः वैदिकः) / हर्य्
- त्वा
- youPronounद्वितीया-एकवचनम् (एन्क्लिटिकः)Role कर्मRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
- सत्याः
- true, fulfilledAdjectiveपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्Role कर्तृ-विशेषण (कामाः इत्यस्य)Root सत्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)
- सन्तु
- let (them) beVerbलोट्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्Role (क्रिया)Root अस् (सत्तायाम्)
- यजमानस्य
- of the sacrificerNounपुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-एकवचनम्Role सम्बन्धRoot यजमान (प्रातिपदिकम्; यज् + शानच्)
- कामाः
- desires, wishesNounपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्Role कर्तृRoot काम (प्रातिपदिकम्)
Sandhi Notes
- Sandhi resolution (major): अद्धीदि॑न्द्र → अद्धि + ईत् + इन्द्र (ईत् = वैदिक-निपातः ‘indeed’)
- प्रस्थि॑ते॒मा → प्रस्थिते + इमा
- चनो → च + नः
- पच॒तोत → पचतः + उत
- प्रय॑स्वन्त॒: → प्रयस्वन्तः
- कामा॑: → कामाः. Accent marks in the input are noted but not re-applied per-pada here
The meaning
Outer meaning
Indra, eat these offerings set forth; accept also the Soma being cooked. With our pressing energies we call you near in delight; may the sacrificer’s desires be true/fulfilled.
Inner meaning
The mantra insists on real assimilation (‘eat indeed’)—not a merely formal offering. The ‘Soma being cooked’ is delight still in process: experience being transformed into nectar through inner heat (tapas). ‘Prayasvantaḥ’ are forward-pressing energies—aspirations and efforts that press out the essence. ‘We draw you near in delight’ indicates that the true attraction of the higher power is joy, not strain. ‘May the desires be satya’ means: let our willings align with truth, so that what we want becomes what the truth can fulfill—purified aspiration rather than ego-demand.
Universal truth
Fulfillment comes when desire is converted into truth-aligned aspiration and offered with joy; higher power responds to sincere, ripened effort and makes the will effective in reality.
Themes
Indra-invocation, Soma-ritual, Fulfilment-of-aspiration, Truth-realisation
The seer
Significance
This verse reads like a concise yoga-instruction: offer, ripen, invoke by delight, and purify desire into satya—an impersonal seer-voice guiding practice.
The deity
- Devata
- Indra
- Epithets
- Soma-drinker (implied), victorious lord (implied)
- Related deities
- Soma, Agni, Indra-Agni
Cosmic role
Receiver of offerings; awakener of victorious illumination; fulfiller when wills align with truth.
Inner power
Power to ‘digest’ and convert effort into effective realization; capacity to make aspiration true (satya-kāma).
In ritual
Where it is used
Indra offering with Soma preparation
अ॒द्धीदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रस्थि॑ते॒मा ह॒वींषि॒ चनो॑ दधिष्व पच॒तोत सोम॑म् । प्रय॑स्वन्त॒: प्रति॑ हर्यामसि त्वा स॒त्याः स॑न्तु॒ यज॑मानस्य॒ कामा॑: ॥
अ॒द्धि । इ॒न्द्र॒ । प्रऽस्थि॑ता । इ॒मा । ह॒वींषि॑ । चनः॑ । द॒धि॒ष्व॒ । प॒च॒ता । उ॒त । सोम॑म् । प्रय॑स्वन्तः । प्रति॑ । ह॒र्या॒म॒सि॒ । त्वा॒ । स॒त्याः । स॒न्तु॒ । यज॑मानस्य । कामाः॑ ॥
addhi | indra | pra-sthitā | imā | havīṃṣi | canaḥ | dadhiṣva | pacatā | uta | somam | prayasvantaḥ | prati | haryāmasi | tvā | satyāḥ | santu | yajamānasya | kāmāḥ
Triṣṭubh (noted as probable; verse appears triṣṭubh in cadence)
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Balanced: imperative strength in first half, benedictive sweetness in second.
Combines energizing command with a settling faith in fulfillment; good for aligning intention before meditation.
- अद्धि (addhi)
- Literal: eat. Symbolic: Assimilate and transform the offered parts of the being
- प्रस्थिताः (prasthitāḥ)
- Literal: set forth. Symbolic: Consciously presented movements; made ready for transformation
- हवींषि (havīṃṣi)
- Literal: offerings. Symbolic: Works, thoughts, and energies placed in the inner sacrifice
- दधिष्व (dadhiṣva)
- Literal: place/accept for yourself. Symbolic: Take into your own action; make it part of the higher working
- पचता सोमम् (pacatā somam)
- Literal: Soma being cooked. Symbolic: Delight maturing through tapas; experience refined into nectar
- प्रयस्वन्तः (prayasvantaḥ)
- Literal: having pressing/impelling force. Symbolic: Aspirational energies that extract essence from life
- हर्यामसि (haryāmasi)
- Literal: we delightfully draw/attract. Symbolic: Invocation by joy and love of the divine presence
- सत्याः (satyāḥ)
- Literal: true. Symbolic: Aligned with truth-consciousness; effective and fulfilled
- कामाः (kāmāḥ)
- Literal: desires. Symbolic: Willings/aspirations to be purified into truth-intent
Soma-offering context; suitable for Soma-yajña recitations (general Indra-invocation at pressing/oblation moments)
When offerings are placed and Soma is being prepared; as a call for Indra’s presence and fulfillment.
Present havis; accept Soma; invoke; blessing for yajamāna’s aims.
Set intentions (kāmāḥ) before practice; chant to convert them into truth-aligned aspirations and reduce egoic craving.
: imperative of √ad ‘to eat’ → ‘to take in/assimilate’. : middle imperative of √dhā ‘to place, set’ with reflexive nuance ‘for thyself’ → ‘accept/receive’. : from √pac ‘to cook, ripen’ → transformation by inner heat (tapas). : from √su ‘to press’ (and the pressed juice) → distilled delight/essence. : desiderative/causative nuance from √hṛ/√har ‘to seize, attract’ (and ‘hari’ as the bright, impetuous energies yoked to Indra) → ‘we draw you near with glad force’. : from sat ‘being’ → ‘truth as right-being’; : from √kam ‘to desire, love, will’ → not mere craving but intentionality of the soul-nature.
Satya (truth, right-being), Tapas (ripening/cooking as inner heat), Reciprocity of sacrifice (yajña as exchange between human aspiration and divine descent)
Right fulfillment occurs when kāma becomes satya and joins r̥ta rather than opposing it.
Explicit: satyāḥ santu…kāmāḥ—desire must become truth-will.
Cooking Soma: transformation through inner heat; manifestation of truth in life.
Vedāntic-yogic: intention purified into truth; divine response as descent of higher consciousness.
Cooking=inner heat refining experience; pressing=extracting essence; eating=assimilation; truth-fulfillment=alignment with cosmic order.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The descent of Indra through offering: the god ‘eats’ the oblations and receives Soma, a mythic template for divine empowerment through yajña. Psychologically, the luminous force (Indra) is strengthened by the seeker’s consecrated energies and delight, enabling the conversion of aspiration (kāmāḥ) into truth (satyāḥ).
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √ad ‘eat’ (Skt ad-) aligns with PIE *h₁ed- (cf. Lat edō, Eng eat). √dhā ‘place’ reflects PIE *dʰeh₁- (cf. Gk τίθημι, Lat faciō via different root; closer: Gk the- in τίθημι). √pac ‘cook’ reflects PIE *pekw- ‘cook, ripen’ (cf. Lat coquō). These roots support the semantic field of assimilation, placement/establishment, and transformation—key to the verse’s sacrificial psychology.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- A reciprocal contract of yajña: the human side offers prepared forces and Soma-delight (havīṃṣi, soma), actively ‘drawing’ Indra near (haryāmasi). In return, Indra’s acceptance is expected to make the sacrificer’s intentions ‘true’ (satyāḥ santu kāmāḥ)—i.e., the divine power ratifies and effectuates the inner will aligned to truth.
Purify intention: feel desires becoming satya-kāma (truth-aspiration).
Anāhata (devotional delight) + Ājñā (truth-alignment).
Slow inhale ‘draw Indra near’; slow exhale ‘offer Soma’; keep attention in heart-brow axis.
Quiet joy with truthful resolve.
Chant 9 times; then list 1–3 desires and ask: ‘Is this satya—aligned with my highest truth?’ Keep only what feels clean; sit 10 minutes in receptive joy.
Rigvedic three-tone; exact svara requires RV 10.116.8 svara-pāṭha.
Mark imperatives addhi, dadhiṣva clearly; keep long vowels in prayasvantaḥ, satyāḥ; avoid rushing the blessing pāda.
addhīd: double ‘ddh’—hold closure then release with aspiration, dadhiṣva: retroflex ‘ṣ’, pacatota: articulate ‘c’ as ‘ch’ (palatal) per Sanskrit, not ‘k’, haryāmasi: ‘ry’ cluster smooth, kāmāḥ: long ā; visarga light
Clear, gentle, inwardly smiling tone.
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