Dashati 12
Aindra stuti: Indra’s empowerment of the singer and the yajña’s solar splendor as the vehicle of prosperity and ṛta
Indra
Uplifting forceful and expansive—suited to Aindra praise with a bright solar sheen in the middle verses
R̥ṣi not specified in the input; the diction aligns with common Ṛgvedic Aindra praise and later Sāmavedic selection for Udgītha performance rather than a single explicit family attribution here.
Soma-stotra orientation implied by Sāmavedic Aindra setting; suitable for Indra-invocations connected with strength reward and successful pressing/offerings
Mantras
Mantra 1
अभि वाजी विश्वरूपो जनित्रं हिरण्ययं बिभ्रदत्कं सुपर्णः सूर्यस्य भानुमृतुथा वसानः परि स्वयं मेधमृज्रो जजान
The vigorous, multiform Suparṇa, bearing a golden vesture, having assumed, in due season, the splendour of the Sun, encompassed of himself the source of generation, and the ruddy one produced medhā, the sacrificial intelligence.
Mantra 2
शिक्षेयमिन्महयते दिवेदिवे राय आ कुहचिद्विदे न हि त्वदन्यन्मघवन्न आप्यं वस्यो अस्ति पिता च न
May I, day by day, learn (to win) wealth from him who maketh great; I know not any whither else: for, O Maghavan, other than thee there is for us no better boon attainable, nor any father.
Mantra 3
अयं सहस्रा परि युक्ता वसानः सूर्यस्य भानुं यज्ञो दाधार सहस्रदाः शतदा भूरिदावा धर्त्ता दिवो भुवनस्य विश्पतिः
This sacrifice, invested with thousandfold harnessed powers, hath sustained the radiance of the Sun; bestowing thousands, bestowing hundreds, bestowing abundantly, it is the upholder of heaven, the lord of the world and of the people.
Frequently Asked Questions
It teaches that effective praise is enabled by Indra and must be joined with moral restraint; when performed in right order, the yajña shines with solar power and brings abundance.
The solar imagery expresses the luminous, seasonally ordered power (ṛtu/ṛta) that the ritual channels; it magnifies the stotra’s efficacy while Indra remains the chief giver of strength and reward.
In this ritual context, medhā is not just intellect but the rite-perfecting, sacrifice-accomplishing faculty—clarity and capacity that makes the offering succeed and bear fruit.