Rig Veda 7.64.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 64, Mantra 5
Sukta 7.64
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Devata
- Mitra–Varuṇa
- Chandas
- Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Shanta (peace) and Shringara (love)
एष स्तोमो वरुण मित्र तुभ्यं सोमः शुक्रो न वायवेऽयामि । अविष्टं धियो जिगृतं पुरंधीर्यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
eṣá stómó varuṇa mitra túbhyaṃ sómaḥ śukró ná vāyáve ’yāmi | aviṣṭáṃ dhíyo jigṛtáṃ puráṃdhīr yūyáṃ pāta svastíbhíḥ sádā naḥ ||
यह स्तोत्र मैं तुम्हे दे रहा हूँ, वरुण और मित्र, जैसे चमकता हुआ सोम रस वायु के लिए निकलता है, वैसे ही मैं यह लाया हूँ। हमारी सोच को अपना लो, जो कुछ चाहती है वो मिले। तुम हमेशा हमारी हिफाजत करो और अच्छा रखो।
Word by Word
- एषः
- this (here)Pronounपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- स्तोमः
- hymn of praiseNounपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
- वरुण
- O VaruṇaNoun (proper)पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्Role SampradānaRoot वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
- मित्र
- O MitraNoun (proper)पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्Role SampradānaRoot मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
- तुभ्यम्
- to youPronounचतुर्थी, एकवचनम्Role SampradānaRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- सोमः
- Soma (the pressed drink)Nounपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
- शुक्रः
- bright, pureAdjectiveपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (सोमः इति विशेष्यस्य)Role KartāRoot शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
- न
- likeIndeclinableउपमा/सदृशार्थेRoot न (अव्यय)
- वायवे
- to VāyuNoun (proper)पुंलिङ्गः, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्Role SampradānaRoot वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
- आयामि
- I go / I comeVerbलट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्Role KriyāRoot या (धातु)
- अविष्टम्
- desired, soughtKṛdanta (past passive participle)नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (कर्मरूपेण)Role KarmaRoot अव् + इष् (धातु) / इष् (इच्छा/प्रेरणा) इत्यस्य क्त-प्रत्ययान्त रूपम्
- धियः
- insights, thoughtsNounस्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्Role KarmaRoot धी (प्रातिपदिक)
- जिगृतम्
- accept, take upVerb (finite)लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्Role KriyāRoot गृ (धातु; ‘ग्रहणे/स्वीकारे’) + नि/जि- (पुनरुक्त/अभ्यास) → जिगृ-
- पुरंधीः
- bounties / gifts (personified as ‘Purandhīs’)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्Role KarmaRoot पुरंधी (प्रातिपदिक)
- यूयम्
- you (all)Pronounप्रथमा, बहुवचनम्Role KartāRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- पात
- protectVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्Role KriyāRoot पा (धातु; ‘रक्षणे/पाने’)
- स्वस्तिभिः
- with well-being, with blessingsNounस्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्Role KaraṇaRoot स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
- सदा
- alwaysIndeclinableकालवाचक-अव्ययम्Role AdhikaraṇaRoot सदा (अव्यय)
- नः
- us / for usPronounषष्ठी/द्वितीया, बहुवचनम् (एत्र ‘अस्माकम्/अस्मान्’—प्रयोगानुसारम्)Role KarmaRoot अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Sandhi Notes
- Sandhi resolution (padapāṭha-style): एष स्तोमः वरुण मित्र तुभ्यम् | सोमः शुक्रः न वायवे आयामि || अविष्टम् धियः जिगृतम् पुरंधीः | यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः || Notable: वायवेऽयामि = वायवे + आयामि (अ + आ → आ; avagraha marks elision)
- Accent marks in the saṃhitā text are retained in citation but do not change morphological segmentation
The meaning
Outer meaning
This hymn of praise is offered to Varuṇa and Mitra, brought forward like a bright Soma for Vāyu. Take up our thoughts seeking the desired goal, O powers of plenitude, and protect us always with well-being.
Inner meaning
The stoma is not mere praise but an affirmation that forms a channel. The ‘bright Soma’ is the clarified delight/essence of consciousness offered upward; Vāyu as life-breath is the carrier—so the hymn is borne on prāṇa. The gods are asked to ‘take up’ (support, uplift) thoughts that strive toward the true aim (aviṣṭa). Puraṃdhīḥ indicates plenitude-intelligences that can fill the being with right substance. Protection by svasti is establishment in harmonious states—inner well-being as a spiritual condition.
Universal truth
When aspiration is offered with clarity and delight, carried by steady breath, higher harmonizing-truth powers uplift the seeking mind and establish lasting well-being.
Themes
Mitra-Varuṇa harmony, Soma as inner delight, protection and well-being, truth-order (ṛta) and right relation
The seer
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Lineage
- Vasiṣṭha-gotra
- Other hymns
- RV 7.60, RV 7.61, RV 7.62, RV 7.63, RV 7.65.1
Family tradition
Vasiṣṭha integrates devotion with inner technique: offering (stoma/Soma), carriage by breath (Vāyu), and protection as inner well-being (svasti).
Significance
He presents mantra as a luminous substance (Soma) and breath as its vehicle, highlighting a practical inner yoga within Vedic imagery.
The deity
- Devata
- Mitra–Varuṇa
- Epithets
- puraṃdhīḥ (powers of plenitude), protectors by svasti (implied)
- Related deities
- Vāyu (breath-carrier), Soma (delight-essence), Agni (offerer/leader of sacrifice)
Cosmic role
They receive the offering of luminous essence and return protection and ordered well-being.
Inner power
Uplifting intelligence (dhī) toward its goal; establishing a protected, harmonious field where the seeking can mature.
In ritual
Where it is used
Stotra to Mitra–Varuṇa; Soma imagery suggests compatibility with Soma sacrifice atmosphere, though usable as general hymn-offering.
ए॒ष स्तोमो॑ वरुण मित्र॒ तुभ्यं॒ सोम॑: शु॒क्रो न वा॒यवे॑ऽयामि । अ॒वि॒ष्टं धियो॑ जिगृ॒तं पुरं॑धीर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒: सदा॑ नः ॥
ए॒षः । स्तोमः॑ । व॒रु॒ण॒ । मि॒त्र॒ । तुभ्य॑म् । सोमः॑ । शु॒क्रः । न । वा॒यवे॑ । अ॒या॒मि॒ । अ॒वि॒ष्टम् । धियः॑ । जि॒गृ॒तम् । पुर॑म्ऽधीः । यू॒यम् । पा॒त॒ । स्व॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । सदा॑ । नः॒ ॥
eṣaḥ | stomaḥ | varuṇa | mitra | tubhyam | somaḥ | śukraḥ | na | vāyave | ayāmi | aviṣṭam | dhiyaḥ | jigṛtam | puram-dhīḥ | yūyam | pāta | svasti-bhiḥ | sadā | naḥ
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4 × ~11 syllables
Bright and offering-like in the first half; protective and settling in the last half.
Energizes aspiration (as offering) and then calms into a sense of guarded well-being.
- स्तोम (stoma)
- Literal: hymn of praise. Symbolic: affirmation-mantra that builds a channel for descent
- सोमः शुक्रः (somaḥ śukraḥ)
- Literal: bright Soma. Symbolic: luminous delight/essence of consciousness offered to the higher powers
- वायवे (vāyave)
- Literal: to Vāyu. Symbolic: to the life-breath as carrier; prāṇa that conveys offering upward
- अविष्टम् (aviṣṭam)
- Literal: desired, wished-for. Symbolic: the soul’s true aim—truth, wideness, right being
- धियः जिगृतम् (dhiyo jigṛtam)
- Literal: take up the thoughts. Symbolic: uplift and support the aspiring intelligence
- पुरंधीः (puraṃdhīḥ)
- Literal: bountiful/wise powers. Symbolic: plenitude-consciousness that fills the being with right substance
- स्वस्तिभिः (svastibhiḥ)
- Literal: with well-beings. Symbolic: stable harmonious states—peace, health, right order in the nature
Mitra–Varuṇa praise used in Soma-sacrifice contexts as an offering of stoma/śastra; psychically, a rite of establishing ṛta and harmony in the seeker (general rather than narrowly assigned to one śrauta sub-rite in the provided data).
During offerings/hymn recitations; also suitable at the close of a practice session as a protection-seal (svasti).
Recitation with mental offering; optionally accompanied by ghee lamp or water offering in modern practice.
Chant at the end of meditation to ‘hand over’ your thoughts and seal the day with svasti (inner well-being and protection).
Key terms: stóma- from √stu ‘to praise, to affirm aloud’ → formed speech-force; sóma- from √su ‘to press, extract’ → the pressed essence (psychologically: extracted delight/illumination); śukrá- from √śuc ‘to shine, be bright/pure’ → luminous purity; dhí- (pl. dhíyaḥ) from √dhī/√dhā ‘to place, hold; to think’ → thought that holds truth, intuition; jigṛtám related to √grah/√gṛh ‘to seize, grasp, take up’ with intensifying/iterative nuance → ‘take up firmly’; svastí- = su- ‘good’ + √as ‘to be’ → ‘good-being’, auspicious stability; Varuṇa often linked to √vṛ ‘to cover, encompass’ (and binding function in ṛta); Mitra from PIE *mitro- ‘contract, alliance’ → right relation and harmony; Vāyu from √vā ‘to blow’ → breath/force that moves.
Ṛta (cosmic order upheld by Mitra–Varuṇa), svasti (state of right-being), dhī (truth-bearing insight)
Protection by svasti is the felt harmony of ṛta within the individual system.
Uplifting dhī toward the true aim aligns thought with satya.
Exchange between worlds: offering of essence upward, return of protection and plenitude downward.
Integral Vedic psychology: breath and delight as instruments of ascent and receptivity.
Soma = luminous joy; Vāyu = prāṇic movement carrying aspiration; svasti = coherent psycho-physical harmony that allows higher consciousness to stay.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The offering of Soma-like brightness through inspired speech to the twin upholders of ṛta (Mitra–Varuṇa). Mythically, it is the recurrent Vedic act: the seer ‘presses/extracts’ luminous essence and offers it so the divine powers can stabilize order and grant safe passage (svasti). Psychologically, the ‘pressed Soma’ is clarified delight/illumination carried by the life-force (Vāyu) into the higher law (Varuṇa) and harmony (Mitra), resulting in protected, right-being.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- Mitra aligns with Indo-Iranian *mitra- ‘contract/alliance’ (Avestan Miθra), reflecting a PIE social-legal semantic field of binding agreements; Varuṇa’s encompassing/binding function matches inherited Indo-European sovereignty motifs (juridical-cosmic order). svastí ‘good-being’ transparently continues PIE *h₁es- ‘to be’ with su- ‘good’. Vāyu from √vā ‘blow’ corresponds to PIE *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’ (cf. Latin ventus ‘wind’ via related wind lexemes).
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- Reciprocity is explicit: the r̥ṣi offers a ‘stoma’ shaped as luminous Soma (speech turned into clarified delight), and asks the devatās to ‘take up’ (jigṛtam) the seeker’s dhī—i.e., to stabilize and fulfill the intention toward the desired goal (aviṣṭa). The exchange is not material but ontological: right utterance and inner pressing invite the cosmic powers of order and harmony to establish enduring svasti in the human vessel.
Offer the session’s joy/clarity as ‘bright Soma’; let breath carry it; ask for uplifted thought and lasting svasti.
Viśuddha (mantra-offering) and Anāhata (warm devotion)
Gentle ujjāyī or simply lengthened exhale; feel the mantra ride the breath like wind carrying Soma.
Brightened quietude—devotional clarity settling into protection.
Chant once at the end of practice. On ‘somaḥ śukraḥ’, recall any luminous sweetness felt. On ‘dhiyo jigṛtam’, inwardly surrender thoughts to higher governance. Rest 2 minutes in the sense of svasti spreading through the body.
Observe RV tonal accents; keep brightness in delivery on ‘somaḥ śukraḥ’ and soften into reassurance on ‘svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ’.
Mark the simile clause ‘na vāyave’ with a slight lift, as if the breath carries the offering forward; settle firmly on the final protection phrase.
Eṣa stomo: keep ṣ clear., Śukro: ś (palatal) not s; long o., Jigṛtam: vocalic ṛ; avoid ‘jigritam’., Puraṃdhīr: nasalization ‘ṃ’ before dh; keep long ī in dhīr., Svastibhiḥ: sv cluster clean; visarga ḥ audible but light.
Warm, luminous, offering-toned; end with a protective hush.
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