Dashati 4
UttarārcikaPrapathaka 8Dashati 43 Mantras

Dashati 4

Aindra Soma-stuti: praising Indra at the Soma-pressing for strength, protection, and prosperity

Deity

Indra

Melodic Character

Exultant and rallying (utsāha) suited to Soma-invitation and praise

Rishi Family

R̥ṣi attributions are not supplied in the input; these mantras are drawn from Rigvedic stotras adapted into Sāman melodies where family-attribution normally follows the Rigveda source hymn.

アイーンドラ・ソーマ讃歌:ソーマ搾りの時に共同で歌い、「多く呼ばれる者」(puruhūta)・「施与者」(maghavan)としてのインドラを招いてソーマを飲ませ、歓喜させ、その力を呼び覚まして祭主と共同体を守護し、力・牛群・富を授けさせる。さらに、祭儀を知り至高の座に住するヴィシュヌを祈念し、供物が宇宙秩序(ṛta)のうちに確立され承認されるように、聖なる作法(vayunāni)が正しく遂行されて繁栄が成就することを願う。

Mantras

Mantra 1

यथा गौरो अपा कृतं तृष्यन्नेत्यवेरिणम् आपित्वे नः प्रपित्वे तूयमा गहि कण्वेषु सु सचा पिब

黄褐の牡牛が渇いて、敵意なき備えられた水へ赴くように、汝もまた、われらの近き交わり、さらに近き交わりのうちに、すみやかに来たり給え。カṇヴァ(Kaṇva)らの中で、恵みある同伴として、ソーマ(Soma)を飲み給え。

Saman: Aindra-sāman (Kaṇva-associated; tune-name not specified in input)

Mantra 2

मन्दन्तु त्वा मघवन्निन्द्रेन्दवो राधोदेयाय सुन्वते आमुष्या सोममपिबश्चमू सुतं ज्येष्ठं तद्दधिषे सहः

ソーマの滴よ、汝を歓喜させよ、マガヴァン(Maghavan)なるインドラ(Indra)よ。搾る者(sunvat)に富を授けんがために。ここに来たりて、このソーマを飲み給え—camū(供器)に搾り出された、第一の献奠を。これにより汝は己が力を担い取る。

Saman: Aindra (Indra-stotra) Sāman (generic; specific tune not stated in input)

Mantra 3

वषट् ते विष्णवास आ कृणोमि तन्मे जुषस्व शिपिविष्ट हव्यम् वर्धन्तु त्वा सुष्टुतयो गिरि मे यूयं पात स्वस्तभिः सदा नः

汝のために、護りのために「vaṣaṭ」を唱え奉る、ヴィシュヌよ。シピヴィシュタ(Śipiviṣṭa)よ、この我が供物(havyam)を嘉し受けよ。よく唱えられた讃歌、我が歌が汝を増し栄えさせんことを。汝らは吉祥の祝福(svastabhiḥ)もて、常に我らを守れ。

Saman: Vaishnava-sāman (generic; specific tune not stated in input)

Frequently Asked Questions

To sing at the Soma-pressing so Indra is invited to drink the expressed Soma, become exhilarated, and grant strength, welfare, cattle, and wealth to the sacrificer.

Viṣṇu is praised as the deity of sacred order and the ‘knower of procedures’ (vayunāni), reinforcing that the offering is ritually correct and anchored in the supreme station (rajasaḥ parāke).

In this ritual idiom it is more than literal cows: it is a standard sign of sacrificial prosperity—sustenance, abundance, and successful yajña results.