Rig Veda 9.86.2 - Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 2

Rig Veda 9.86.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 86, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.86

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with Indra as recipient/ally)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते मदासो मदिरास आशवोऽसृक्षत रथ्यासो यथा पृथक् । धेनुर्न वत्सं पयसाभि वज्रिणमिन्द्रमिन्दवो मधुमन्त ऊर्मयः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.86.2

Transliteration

prá te madā́so madirā́sa āśávo ’sṛkṣata rathyā́so yáthā pṛ́thak | dhenúr na vatsáṃ páyasā́bhi vajríṇam índram índavo mádhu-manta ū́rmayaḥ ||

Translation

ソーマよ、あなたの速き恍惚——酔わせる流れ——は解き放たれ、道をゆく戦車がそれぞれに散りひろがるように走る。蜜に満ちた波よ、乳をもって子牛に寄り添う牝牛のように、金剛を執るインドラへと押し寄せ、われらのうちに彼の勝利の力を堅めるために。

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

तेto you

मदासःintoxicating draughts / exhilarations

मदिरासःintoxicating, gladdening

आशवःswift

असृक्षतthey streamed/they were let loose

रथ्यासःchariot-going ones / those on the chariot-track

यथाas, like

पृथक्apart, separately

धेनुःa cow

नlike

वत्सम्calf

पयसाwith milk

अभिtowards, unto

वज्रिणम्the wielder of the vajra

इन्द्रम्Indra

इन्दवःSoma-drops

मधुमन्तःhoneyed, sweet

ऊर्मयःwaves, surges

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