Sukta 37
Sukta 5.37
Trishtubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
This short Indra-hymn praises the one who “presses Soma for Indra,” depicting that sacrificer as moving with solar radiance while the Dawns open a sure path for his rite. Indra’s victorious chariot-power gathers many forces around him, and the hymn promises wholeness—peace in settled times and triumph in conflict—to the Soma-giver who wins the favor of Sun and Agni.
In this hymn
Addressed to
Mantras
Mantra 1
सं भानुना यतते सूर्यस्याजुह्वानो घृतपृष्ठः स्वञ्चाः । तस्मा अमृध्रा उषसो व्युच्छान्य इन्द्राय सुनवामेत्याह ॥
सूर्य की किरणों के साथ यह आगे बढ़ता है। अपनी रास्ता पर चलता है, पूजा के लिए तैयार। उसके लिए सुबह की रोशनी खुलती है, साफ दिखती है। वो कहता है, चलो इंद्र के लिए सोम पीसते हैं।
Mantra 2
समिद्धाग्निर्वनवत्स्तीर्णबर्हिर्युक्तग्रावा सुतसोमो जराते । ग्रावाणो यस्येषिरं वदन्त्ययदध्वर्युर्हविषाव सिन्धुम् ॥
अग्नि जल रहा है, जैसे जंगल बड़ा हो। पूजा के लिए घास बिछी है। सोम पीसने के पत्थर लग गए हैं। सोम तैयार है। पत्थर बोलते हैं, आगे बढ़ो। पुजारी ने हवन किया और धारा शुरू कर दी।
Mantra 3
वधूरियं पतिमिच्छन्त्येति य ईं वहाते महिषीमिषिराम् । आस्य श्रवस्याद्रथ आ च घोषात्पुरू सहस्रा परि वर्तयाते ॥
दुल्हन अपना पति ढूंढती है। वो उसको उठा के ले जाता है, वो बड़ी शक्ति है। उसकी बड़ाई से रथ आता है, आवाज़ आती है। हज़ारों लोग उसके पास आते हैं, उसके चारों तरफ घूमते हैं।
Mantra 4
न स राजा व्यथते यस्मिन्निन्द्रस्तीव्रं सोमं पिबति गोसखायम् । आ सत्वनैरजति हन्ति वृत्रं क्षेति क्षितीः सुभगो नाम पुष्यन् ॥
वो राजा कभी हारता नहीं जिसके अंदर इंद्र सोम पीता है। अपनी ताकत से वो आगे बढ़ता है, दुश्मन को मारता है। वो अपना राज चलाता है, अपना नाम बड़ा करता है। जीत के साथ वो बढ़ता है।
Mantra 5
पुष्यात्क्षेमे अभि योगे भवात्युभे वृतौ संयती सं जयाति । प्रियः सूर्ये प्रियो अग्ना भवाति य इन्द्राय सुतसोमो ददाशत् ॥
वो शांति में रहता है और संगम में जीता है। दोनों तरफ से जब टकराव होता है, वो पूरा जीत लेता है। सूर्य को वो प्यारा है, अग्नि को भी प्यारा है। क्योंकि उसने इंद्र को सोम दिया है।
Inside Sukta 37
How it unfolds
- Where it opens
A luminous, solar-driven movement: the sacrificer advances with the Sun’s ray as the Dawns widen the way for Soma-pressing for Indra.
- Development
Indra’s approach is dramatized through chariot-sound and gathering hosts; symbolic imagery (bride seeking the lord) conveys union of power and its rightful master.
- Climax
The many forces “turn around him” as Indra’s fame and victorious manifestation become central—an arrival scene of overwhelming support and momentum.
- Where it settles
Practical boons are affirmed: thriving in peace, total victory in conflict, and being dear to Sun and Agni for giving pressed Soma to Indra.
The deity: Indra
- Cosmic functionHe upholds order by breaking obstacles, releasing powers (light, waters, prosperity), and enabling the triumphant movement of the sacrifice from dawn onward.
- Inner significanceIndra symbolizes the awakened force of will and courageous clarity that conquers inner obstruction; Soma is the refined joy/energy that feeds this power so it can act rightly.
The seer
- Atri (Ātreya tradition; specific seer of this sukta uncertain in the supplied data)Ātreya (Atri-gotra) · Atri and the Ātreyas are among the great Rigvedic seer-families, closely associated with Soma-pressing, luminous imagery, and hymns that link dawn/sun with ritual efficacy.
Famous verses
ya indrāya sunavāmety āha
वधूरियं पतिमिच्छन्त्येति य ईं वहाते महिषीमिषिराम् । आस्य श्रवस्याद्रथ आ च घोषात्पुरू सहस्रा परि वर्तयाते ॥ya indrāya sutasomo dadāśat
Attributes of the deity
- Soma-loving
- Victorious and obstacle-breaking
- Chariot-borne, fame-resounding
- Protector of the sacrificer
- Allied with solar light and the Dawns
Also by this seer
- Rigvedic Ātreya hymns across the Saṃhitā (family tradition spanning multiple Indra and Soma praises)
- Later Vedic and Itihāsa-Purāṇa memory of Atri as a foundational ṛṣi in brahmarṣi lineages
The rite, step by step
- Prepare the sacred space and kindle Agni (opening of the rite).
- Press Soma (savana), clarify/strain, and ready the libation.
- Recite the hymn to Indra while inviting him to approach with his chariot-host.
- Offer the pressed Soma into the fire/into the libation sequence as appropriate to the Soma rite.
- Conclude with petitions for kṣema (peace), puṣṭi (thriving), and victory in contest.
Offerings
- Pressed Soma (suta-soma)
- Ghee/clarified butter (as supportive offering imagery and practice)
- Optional accompanying oblations customary to Indra-invocations (e.g., ājya offerings)
Frequently Asked Questions
It praises Indra as the victorious power who comes to the Soma offering, and it says the one who offers pressed Soma gains success, protection, and well-being.
They act as supportive cosmic forces: the Dawns “open” the way and solar radiance empowers the rite, showing that the sacrifice is aligned with the order of light.
Thriving in peace, complete victory in conflict, and being ‘dear’ to Sun and Agni—especially for the person who gives Indra the pressed Soma.
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