Rig Veda 8.34.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 34, Mantra 10
Sukta 8.34
- Rishi
- Kāṇva lineage
- Devata
- Indra
- Chandas
- likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like refrain structure
- Rasa
- Vira (heroism) and Adbhuta (wonder)
आ याह्यर्य आ परि स्वाहा सोमस्य पीतये । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
ā́ yāhy aryá ā́ pári svā́hā sómasya pītáye | divó amúṣya śā́sato dívaṃ yáya divāvaso ||
आओ, आओ, तुम बड़े बलवान हो। सोम पीने के लिए आओ। स्वाहा का शब्द बोल के हम तुम्हे बुला रहे हैं। आसमान की तरफ से आओ, वहाँ से जो हुकुम चलता है उसके हिसाब से। फिर उस उजियाले आसमान में जाओ और हम में सही खुशी जगाओ जो सच को पकड़े रखे।
Word by Word
- आ
- hither; towardsIndeclinableउपसर्ग/निपात (गत्यर्थे ‘towards, hither’)Root आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
- याहि
- come; go hitherVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदRoot या (धातु) ‘to go’
- अर्यः
- O Arya/noble one (a vocative-like nominative)Nounपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole Kartā (सम्बोधनार्थे/कर्तृवाचकः)Root अर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
- आ
- hitherIndeclinableउपसर्ग/निपातRoot आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
- परि
- around; all aroundIndeclinableउपसर्ग/निपात (परितः ‘around’)Root परि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
- स्वाहा
- svāhā (ritual exclamation)Indeclinableयज्ञीय-उद्गारः (exclamation used in offering)Root स्वाहा (निपात/मन्त्रपद)
- सोमस्य
- of SomaNounपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)Root सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
- पीतये
- for drinkingNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग (पीति-), चतुर्थी, एकवचनRole Sampradāna (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)Root पा (धातु) ‘to drink’ → पीति (कृदन्त/भाव) ‘drinking’
- दिवः
- from heaven; of heavenNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्यौ-), षष्ठी/पञ्चमी, एकवचन (वेदे रूपसमासः)Role Apādāna/सम्बन्ध (context: ‘from heaven’/‘of heaven’)Root दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, heaven’
- अमुष्य
- of that (yonder)Pronounपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole सम्बन्ध (genitive)Root अमुष् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) ‘that (yonder)’
- शासतः
- of the commanding/ruling oneParticiple (Adjective) / Noun-likeपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (शासत्- ‘ruling/commanding one’)Role सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier)Root शास् (धातु) ‘to command, instruct’ → शासत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
- दिवम्
- to heaven; the skyNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्याम्/दिवम्), द्वितीया, एकवचनRole Karma (गन्तव्य/प्राप्तव्य)Root दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
- यय
- go!Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; वैदिक-रूप (यय = याहि/यजस्व-प्रकारेण ‘go!’)Root या (धातु) ‘to go’
- दिवावसो
- O divāvasa (O radiant/heaven-bright one)Noun (epithet) / Adjective used as vocativeपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRole सम्बोधन (addressed deity)Root दिवावस् (प्रातिपदिक; दिवा + वस् ‘day-bright/with heavenly light’; देव-विशेषण)
Sandhi Notes
- पाठ-समाधान (संभाव्य पदच्छेद): आ | याहि | अर्यः | आ | परि | स्वाहा | सोमस्य | पीतये | दिवः | अमुष्य | शासतः | दिवम् | यय | दिवावसो । 1) ‘आ या॑ह्य॒र्य’ = आ + याहि + अर्यः (याहि इति लोट्; अर्यः वैदिके प्रथमा-एकवचनं सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयुज्यते)
- 2) ‘आ परि’ उपसर्ग-निपातौ
- 3) ‘सोमस्य पीतये’ = षष्ठी + चतुर्थी (प्रयोजन)
- 4) ‘दिवो अमुष्य शासतो’ = दिवः + अमुष्य + शासतः (त्रयाणां षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः; ‘of/from heaven, of that commanding one’)
- 5) ‘दिवं यय’ = दिवम् + यय (वैदिक-लोट्-रूप)
The meaning
Outer meaning
A call inviting Indra, the noble lord, to come all around to the Soma-drinking with the exclamation svāhā; and to move from the commanding heaven to the luminous heaven as the giver of divine riches.
Inner meaning
The seeker invokes the illumined Mind-Power (Indra as aryaḥ, the noble) to descend into the inner sacrifice and drink Soma—i.e., to take up and intensify the bliss-substance of awakened consciousness. “From that heaven’s command” suggests the supramental law (divo amuṣya śāsataḥ) guiding the descent: the higher Truth orders the movement of illumination into the mind, so that a stable, truth-sustaining delight (divāvasu) awakens and surrounds the being.
Universal truth
Spiritual progress is not forced by ego-effort alone: when the higher law of truth is accepted, illumination naturally descends, takes delight as its food, and reorganizes life around a nobler order.
Themes
Soma-ritual, Invocation for drinking, Nobility/arya-force
The seer
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda 8.34.11, Rig Veda 8.34.12, Rig Veda 8.34.13, Rig Veda 8.34.14
Family tradition
Likely Kāṇva/Angirasa stream of Indra-Soma hymns (Book 8 is strongly Kāṇva-associated).
Significance
The anonymity highlights a collective seer-impulse: the mantra speaks from the universal aspiration of the sacrificer to draw down Indra’s illumined force for Soma-joy and truth-order.
The deity
- Devata
- Indra
- Epithets
- aryaḥ (noble lord), divāvasu (giver of heavenly riches), śūra (hero, in v.14 context), soma-pā (Soma-drinker, implied)
- Related deities
- Agni, Soma, Uṣas, Bṛhaspati
Cosmic role
Breaker of obstruction and establisher of luminous order; he brings the powers of the upper world into the human field.
Inner power
Illuminative intelligence and victorious will that drinks Ananda and turns it into effective light and strength in the mind-life.
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma offering with Indra-invocation (Soma yāga context)
आ या॑ह्य॒र्य आ परि॒ स्वाहा॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ । दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥
आ । या॒हि॒ । अ॒र्यः । आ । परि॑ । स्वाहा॑ । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ । दि॒वः । अ॒मुष्य॑ । शास॑तः । दिव॑म् । य॒य । दि॒वा॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ दिवाऽवसो ॥
ā | yāhi | aryaḥ | ā | pari | svāhā | somasya | pītaye | divaḥ | amuṣya | śāsataḥ | divam | yaya | divāvaso itidivāvaso
Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 8.34 refrain-structure)
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4 pādas of ~11 syllables each (with refrain-like cadence)
Firm, forward-driving, proclamation-like
Builds a sense of descent and ascent simultaneously—invocation, then uplift into a higher luminous station.
- aryaḥ
- Literal: noble, lordly, Arya. Symbolic: the inner nobility of the illumined mind; the sovereign power that leads upward
- svāhā
- Literal: well-said; oblation-call. Symbolic: the consenting flame of offering; the will’s affirmation that releases the force invoked
- somasya pītaye
- Literal: for the drinking of Soma. Symbolic: for the enjoyment/assimilation of divine Ananda that empowers illumination
- divaḥ…śāsataḥ
- Literal: from heaven’s command/rule. Symbolic: the supramental or higher truth-law (ṛta) directing the descent
- divam yaya
- Literal: go/move to heaven. Symbolic: raise consciousness to the luminous plane; establish the mind in light
- divāvasu
- Literal: having wealth of heaven. Symbolic: the right delight and luminous abundance that sustains truth in life
Direct Soma-invitation (pītaye) within Soma sacrifice; svāhā marks offering-acceptance
During Soma pressing/chanting sequences inviting Indra to the soma-draught
Calling the deity to ‘drink’ (receive) the offered Soma; reinforcing the rite with a refrain of ascent to heaven
Use as a meditation-invocation before contemplative practice: ‘invite illumination to drink bliss’—a short inner sankalpa of offering and ascent.
aryá: ‘noble’ (social-ethical and spiritual valence), from a root meaning ‘fitting, orderly, honorable’ (often linked with Indo-Iranian *arya-). svāhā: su-āhā ‘good utterance/call’ (traditional derivations vary), functioning as offering-seal. pītáye: dat. of pīti ‘drinking’ from √pā ‘to drink’ (PIE *peh₃-). soma: from √su ‘to press’ (ritual) and as inner ‘pressed’ delight/essence.
Ānanda (soma as delight-essence), Encompassing protection (pari), Ṛta-guided enjoyment (śās- + soma)
The ‘command of heaven’ indicates ṛta directing the movement of powers from higher to lower planes.
Divam as the plane of luminous truth to be entered/established.
Descent of higher light into mind-life through sacrifice; transformation by delight.
Proto-Vedāntic/Integral (Aurobindonian) reading: ascent-descent dynamic of consciousness.
Soma = bliss-substance; heaven = higher consciousness; ‘command’ = law of truth acting upon the seeker.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The Soma-drinking of Indra: the god comes to partake of the pressed essence. Psychologically, it is the descent of a noble governing force (arya) to receive and amplify the inner soma—delight that immortalizes and strengthens right action.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √pā ‘drink’ reflects PIE *peh₃- (cf. Latin pōtāre, English ‘potable’ via later borrowings). arya- is a shared Indo-Iranian cultural-spiritual term. The formula svāhā parallels inherited Indo-European offering-acclamations as performative speech acts.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi offers soma (outer and inner) and calls Indra to surround the field (pari), implying protection and permeation. Indra’s acceptance (svāhā) is the inward consent by which delight becomes force for the soul’s progress under the law of right command (śās-).
Invite the illumined mind to ‘drink’ the inner Soma (quiet joy) and reorder thought under truth-law.
ājñā (illumined mind)
Moderate nāḍī-śodhana for 5–7 rounds, then silent pause on ‘svāhā’.
From active aspiration to bright, ordered clarity with a calm joy behind it.
Begin with a brief offering: feel the heart consent (svāhā), then lift awareness above the head (divam) and allow a descending brightness to settle in the forehead and crown.
Mixed udatta/anudatta/svarita as per RV recitation; emphasize the refrain-like cadence on ‘divo amuṣya śāsato…’.
Keep ‘svā́hā’ clear and slightly lifted; avoid flattening ‘śā́sataḥ’ (distinct ś + long ā).
aryaḥ: pronounce ‘rya’ as a single cluster, not ‘ri-ya’., svāhā: long ā in both syllables (svā-hā)., śāsataḥ: palatal ś, long ā; light final ḥ in aryaḥ.
Bright, forward, invoking; end the refrain with a steady, settled tone.
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