Rig Veda 7.59.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 59, Mantra 2
Sukta 7.59
युष्माकं देवा अवसाहनि प्रिय ईजानस्तरति द्विषः । प्र स क्षयं तिरते वि महीरिषो यो वो वराय दाशति ॥
yuṣmā́kaṃ devā́ avásā́hani priyá ījānáḥ tarati dvíṣaḥ | prá sá kṣáyaṃ tirate ví mahī́r íṣo yó vo várāya dā́śati ||
汝らの庇護によって、神々よ、汝らに愛され、供犠を捧げる祭主は、敵対する力を越えて渡りゆく。彼は住まいを勝ち得、力の大いなる衝動を広くひろげる――汝らの選びと歓びのために捧げる者は。
Praise of the sacrificer’s success through divine support; fits Soma-day recitation emphasizing overcoming adversaries and establishing kṣaya (secure seat/abode) through yajña.
crossing beyond hostility (tṛ as inner passage), kṣaya as stable establishment in truth, iṣ as descending/spreading energies of fulfilment
The ‘dwelling’ (kṣaya) is stable placement in ṛta; impulses (iṣaḥ) become vast when aligned to right order.
Truth-supported action outgrows falsehood/hostility.
Establishment and expansion: from a stable seat emerges widened force for manifestation.
Aurobindonian: hostile powers as subconscient resistances; gods as psychological powers aiding evolution.
day (ahani) implied
Day = conscious field; nourishment/impulsions = pranic-mental currents that become vast when purified and offered.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The ‘crossing’ (tarati) mythologem: the sacrificer passes beyond hostile forces and establishes a secure abode (kṣaya). Inner sense: through alignment with the gods, the seeker crosses the limiting oppositions and stabilizes in a widened consciousness where the great iṣaḥ (impulsions of fulfilment) can spread out.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √tṛ ‘cross’ is a strong IE inheritance (cf. trans-). The opposition term dviṣ- ‘hater/hostile’ reflects an old social-ritual polarity (friend vs. foe) common in IE poetics, transposed here into spiritual antagonism.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi articulates a reciprocity: offering (ījan, dāśati) draws divine avas (support), which yields victory and establishment. The gods are not merely recipients but active collaborators who widen the seeker’s energies into a stable kṣaya.
Crossing inner hostility and establishing a ‘seat’ in the heart or witness consciousness; then letting larger energies act.
maṇipūra (force/overcoming) stabilizing into anāhata (inner dwelling/peace)
Bhastrikā-lite (3 rounds of 15) to awaken iṣaḥ, followed by quiet breathing while repeating the mantra once per breath.
Victorious steadiness with expansive energy.
On ‘tarati dviṣaḥ’ identify one resistance and watch it recede; on ‘kṣayaṃ tirate’ feel a stable inner home; on ‘vi mahīr iṣaḥ’ allow a wider energy to spread through limbs and mind.
Follow Vedic accents; give a firm lift on tarati and a widening phrase on vi mahīr iṣaḥ.
Keep triṣṭubh gait; do not clip ‘vi mahīr iṣaḥ’—let it expand in tone while staying metrical.
yuṣmākaṃ: nasal ‘ṃ’ before d, avasāhani: articulate as a-va-sā-ha-ni, tarati: clear dental t, iṣo: short i, retroflex ṣ
Confident, expansive; broaden resonance on ‘mahīr’.
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