Rig Veda 8.6.27: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 27
Sukta 8.6
- Rishi
- Kaṇva
- Devata
- Indra
- Chandas
- Jagatī
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Shanta (peace)
तं त्वा हविष्मतीर्विश उप ब्रुवत ऊतये । उरुज्रयसमिन्दुभिः ॥
táṃ tvā haviṣ́matīr víśa úpa bruvata ūtáye | uru-jráyasam índubhiḥ ||
लोग जो पूजा के साथ आते हैं, वो इंद्र तुम्हें बुलाते हैं। तुम्हारी ताकत इतनी बड़ी है कि रास्ता बड़ा और साफ हो जाता है। वो सोम ले कर आते हैं और तुमसे मदद माँगते हैं।
Word by Word
- तम्
- himPronounपुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्Role कर्मRoot तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- त्वा
- youPronounद्वितीया एकवचनम्Role कर्मRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
- हविष्मतीः
- (women/voices) possessing oblations; oblation-bearingAdjective (used substantively)स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्Role कर्तृRoot हविष्मत् (हविस् + मतुप्) (प्रातिपदिक)
- विशः
- clans, peoplesNounस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्Role कर्तृRoot विश् (प्रातिपदिक)
- उप
- near, towardsIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)अव्ययम्Root उप
- ब्रुवते
- they speak/callVerbलट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्Role कर्तृRoot ब्रू (धातु)
- ऊतये
- for help, for aidNounस्त्रीलिङ्गे चतुर्थी एकवचनम्Role सम्प्रदानRoot ऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
- उरुज्रयसम्
- wide/abundant in speed/impulse (epithet)Adjectiveपुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्Role कर्मRoot उरुज्रयस (प्रातिपदिक; उरु- + ज्रयस)
- इन्दुभिः
- with Soma-dropsNounपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम्Role करणRoot इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
Sandhi Notes
- पदच्छेदः: तम् | त्वा | हविष्मतीः | विशः | उप | ब्रुवते | ऊतये | उरुज्रयसम् | इन्दुभिः || 1) ‘ब्रुवत’ इति संहितायां ‘ब्रुवते’ (लट्-आत्मनेपद 3pl) रूपेण ग्रहणम्। 2) ‘उरुज्रयस-’ इति समास/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिकस्य द्वितीया एकवचनम् ‘उरुज्रयसम्’। 3) ‘इन्दुभिः’ तृतीया बहुवचनम्—करणे प्रयोगः।
The meaning
Outer meaning
The offering-bearing peoples call you near for help, bringing Soma-drops, you who make the path wide and swift.
Inner meaning
The ‘peoples’ (viśaḥ) are the assembled movements of the seeker—thoughts, emotions, vital energies—made ‘haviṣmatīḥ’, capable of offering (they turn from taking to giving). They invoke Indra for protection and guidance. Indra is uru-jrayasam: the power that makes the path broad (uru) and swiftly passable (jrayas). The Soma-drops (indubhiḥ) are the distilled bliss and luminous delight offered upward; in response, Indra widens and accelerates the soul’s advance.
Universal truth
When all parts of the being consent to offer their energies, a higher guidance widens the path and makes progress swift; delight (soma) becomes fuel for transformation.
Themes
Soma-ritual, Protection and widening of the path, Collective prayer
The seer
- Rishi
- Kaṇva
- Lineage
- Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda 8.6 (selected verses), Rig Veda 8.48 (Soma delight, Kaṇva book)
Family tradition
Kaṇva hymns frequently unite Indra and Soma: illumination is strengthened by delight, and the path becomes wide and victorious.
Significance
Shows the collective inner yajña: not one faculty but the whole ‘people’ of the being offers Soma-delight to call the guiding illumination that widens the way.
The deity
- Devata
- Indra
- Epithets
- Urujrayasam (wide-and-swift-path maker), Protector (giver of ūti)
- Related deities
- Soma, Agni, Maruts
Cosmic role
Giver of protection and victorious passage; opener of wide ways; receiver of Soma who increases light and force.
Inner power
Guiding mind-force that broadens the inner way (removes constriction) and hastens progress (removes tamas).
In ritual
Where it is used
Soma-yajña praise to Indra as Soma-drinker and protector
तं त्वा॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती॒र्विश॒ उप॑ ब्रुवत ऊ॒तये॑ । उ॒रु॒ज्रय॑स॒मिन्दु॑भिः ॥
तम् । त्वा॒ । ह॒विष्म॑तीः । विशः॑ । उप॑ । ब्रु॒व॒ते॒ । ऊ॒तये॑ । उ॒रु॒ऽज्रय॑सम् । इन्दु॑ऽभिः ॥
tam | tvā | haviṣmatīḥ | viśaḥ | upa | bruvate | ūtaye | uru-jrayasam | indu-bhi ḥ
48
4 × 12 (likely).
Flowing and processional—fits the image of many ‘peoples’ calling and offering drops.
Creates a sense of collective invocation and widening relief; encourages openness and momentum.
- हविष्मतीः (haviṣmatīḥ)
- Literal: bearing oblations. Symbolic: Parts of nature turned into conscious offerings; readiness to consecrate energy
- विशः (viśaḥ)
- Literal: peoples, clans. Symbolic: Multiplicity of inner movements gathered for the yoga
- ऊतये (ūtaye)
- Literal: for help/protection. Symbolic: Seeking the safeguarding grace that preserves right direction
- उरुज्रयसम् (uru-jrayasam)
- Literal: wide and swift-going/making swift. Symbolic: Widening of consciousness + acceleration of progress under illumination
- इन्दुभिः (indu-bhiḥ)
- Literal: with Soma drops. Symbolic: Offerings of bliss, delight, distilled essence of experience
Communal Indra invocation with Soma (indu); typical of pressing-day stotras seeking ūti (protection) and victorious widening
At Soma offering moments; in invocations for protection and successful ‘passage’ of the rite.
Offering Soma; collective recitation by priests; calling Indra near (upa bruvate).
Group meditation chant: align a community’s intentions as ‘offerings’; invoke wideness and swift progress in shared practice.
havis- (oblation) from √hu 'to pour/offer' (also linked to invocation). ūti- 'help' from √av/√ū? (semantic of protection/aid). indu- 'drop' (Soma) becomes psychologically 'essence of delight' that supports expansion of consciousness. uru- 'wide' is a common RV adjective of wideness/expansion; jrayas- suggests swift movement/streaming, supporting the image of accelerated progress once Indra is invoked.
Uti (aid) as divine protection in the path, Collective invocation (viśaḥ) as shared ascent, Soma as delight-essence feeding illumination
The ‘wide path’ is the path of ṛta—right movement without obstruction.
Protection (ūti) preserves truth-direction against deviation.
Delight offered becomes power that hastens evolution—Ananda as creative fuel.
Aurobindonian: Soma = Ananda; Indra = illumined mind that uses Ananda to widen and speed transformation.
Soma drops = distilled delight; wide path = widened consciousness; swift passage = removal of inertia; peoples = coordinated inner parts.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The peoples approach with Soma and call Indra for ūti: the mythic pattern of reciprocal exchange—offering (havis/indu) evokes protection and widened movement. Inner sense: delight offered upward returns as broadened, swiftened progress.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- uru 'wide' fits an archaic descriptive layer; while direct PIE cognation is debated, the semantic of widening is central to IE poetic diction. The offering vocabulary (havis, √hu) reflects Indo-Iranian ritual speech-acts with parallels in Avestan yasna- complex (functional rather than direct lexical equivalence here).
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi voices the communal stance: humans bring the distilled essence (Soma/indu) and call Indra near; Indra responds as uru-jrayas—making the inner road wide and swift and giving protective aid.
Consecrate all parts of the being as offerings; invoke wideness and swift progress through delight.
viśuddha (offering through speech)
Coherent breathing (5–6 breaths/min) while feeling ‘uru’ (widening) on inhale and ‘jrayas’ (forward glide) on exhale.
Unified, open, smoothly progressing.
Chant in a small group or internally as a ‘gathering’ of your inner parts. Offer one pleasant feeling or gratitude as Soma; then sit and sense the path widening—less constriction, more ease in right action.
Chant with attention to udātta on principal nouns (tvā, viśaḥ, ūtaye, indubhiḥ as marked by your source); allow svarita to ‘flow’ like Soma drops.
Give a slight lift on ‘ūrú-’ (wideness) and a forward push on ‘jráy-’ (speed). Keep ‘upa bruvate’ as a clear calling phrase.
haviṣmatīḥ: ṣ retroflex; long ī; final ḥ light, viśaḥ: ś clear; visarga audible, ūtaye: long ū; dental t, urujrayasam: roll r lightly; jra cluster crisp, indubhiḥ: ndu conjunct; final ḥ audible
Flowing, inviting, slightly bright; end with a soft openness.
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