Sukta 134
Sukta 10.134
Indra (with implicit Devī Janitrī as generative power)
ຄຳສັນລະເສີນນີ້ສັນລະເສີນອິນທະເປັນຜູ້ປົກຄອງຜູ້ກວ້າງຂວາງໂລກ ຜູ້ມີພະລັງບໍ່ພຽງແຕ່ເປັນວີລະບຸລຸດ ແຕ່ຍັງເປັນຜູ້ສ້າງ, ເກີດຈາກເທວີ ຊະນິຕຣີ ພະຍາດາຜູ້ເປັນສິນທີ່ດີ. ມັນເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ການກະທຳຂອງອິນທະໃນຈັກວາລົບ (ການຂະຫຍາຍສະຫວັນ ແລະ ໂລກ, ການຖອດຖອນການຕໍ່ຕ້ານ) ກັບການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອຢ່າງເປັນຮູບທົດແທນແກ່ຜູ້ບີບໂສມະ, ໂດຍປະທານຣາຍິ (ຄວາມອຸດົມສົມບູນ). ມັນປິດທ້າຍດ້ວຍການຕັ້ງໃຈນະບູຊົນບໍ່ມີນິກາຍ, ບໍ່ຂັດຂວາງພະເຈົ້າໃດ, ແລະ ການຂຶ້ນສູ່ພາຍໃນຜ່ານ "ການຟັງມັນຕຣະ", ຄືກັບການບິນຂຶ້ນດ້ວຍການຟັງທີ່ຖືກຕ້ອງ.
Mantras
Mantra 1
उभे यदिन्द्र रोदसी आपप्राथोषा इव । महान्तं त्वा महीनां सम्राजं चर्षणीनां देवी जनित्र्यजीजनद्भद्रा जनित्र्यजीजनत् ॥
ເມື່ອໃດ, ໂຜດອິນທຣ, ພຣະອົງໄດ້ຂະຫຍາຍທັງສະຫວັນແລະແຜ່ນດິນໂລກດັ່ງດວງອາທິດທີ່ແຜ່ຂະຫຍາຍ, ແລ້ວພະມານຸສາອັນສູງສົ່ງໄດ້ໃຫ້ກໍາເນີດພຣະອົງ, ຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່, ກະສັດສູງສຸດແຫ່ງຊ່ອງຫວ່າງອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງ, ຜູ້ປົກຄອງແຫ່ງປະຊາຊົນ, ພະມານຸສາອັນສະຫງົບໄດ້ໃຫ້ກໍາເນີດພຣະອົງ.
Mantra 2
अव स्म दुर्हणायतो मर्तस्य तनुहि स्थिरम् । अधस्पदं तमीं कृधि यो अस्माँ आदिदेशति देवी जनित्र्यजीजनद्भद्रा जनित्र्यजीजनत् ॥
ຈົ່ງຖິ້ມລົງ, ໃຫ້ໝັ້ນຄົງການພັດທະລຸຂອງມະນຸດຜູ້ຍາກທີ່ຈະຄວບຄຸມ, ຈົ່ງຕັ້ງຜູ້ນັ້ນໃນທີ່ຕ່ໍາກວ່າ, ຜູ້ໃດທີ່ຊີ້ເປົ້າໄປທີ່ພວກເຮົາເພື່ອກໍ່ຄວາມເສຍຫາຍ. ເພາະພະມານຸສາອັນສູງສົ່ງແລະສະຫງົບໄດ້ໃຫ້ກໍາເນີດພຣະອົງ.
Mantra 3
अव त्या बृहतीरिषो विश्वश्चन्द्रा अमित्रहन् । शचीभिः शक्र धूनुहीन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिर्देवी जनित्र्यजीजनद्भद्रा जनित्र्यजीजनत् ॥
ຈົ່ງສົ່ງລົງພະຄຸນອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ, ອັນສະຫວ່າງແຈ້ງທຸກປະການ, ໂຜດຜູ້ທໍາລາຍຄວາມບາດພັດ. ດ້ວຍພະຄຸນຂອງພຣະອົງ, ໂຜດຊັກຣະ, ຈົ່ງສະຫາຍຄວາມຂັດຂວາງ, ໂຜດອິນທຣ, ດ້ວຍທຸກການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອຂອງພຣະອົງ, ເພາະພະມານຸສາອັນສູງສົ່ງແລະສະຫງົບໄດ້ໃຫ້ກໍາເນີດພຣະອົງ.
Mantra 4
अव यत्त्वं शतक्रतविन्द्र विश्वानि धूनुषे । रयिं न सुन्वते सचा सहस्रिणीभिरूतिभिर्देवी जनित्र्यजीजनद्भद्रा जनित्र्यजीजनत् ॥
ເມື່ອເຈົ້າ, ໂອ ອິນທຣະ ຜູ້ມີການກະທຳຮ້ອຍປະການ, ກຳຈັດທຸກສິ່ງທີ່ຂັດຂວາງອອກ, ຈົ່ງມາພ້ອມກັບຄວາມຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອພັນເທົ່າຕໍ່ຜູ້ບີບຄົນ, ນຳພາ ຣາຍິ - ຄວາມສົມບູນແຫ່ງການມີຢູ່ - ດັ່ງວ່າເປັນຂອງຂວັນຕາມທຳມະຊາດ; ເພາະພະນາງມານາທິດາຜູ້ສົມບູນດ້ວຍຄວາມສະຫງ່າຜ່າງໄດ້ໃຫ້ກຳເນີດເຈົ້າ.
Mantra 5
अव स्वेदा इवाभितो विष्वक्पतन्तु दिद्यवः । दूर्वाया इव तन्तवो व्यस्मदेतु दुर्मतिर्देवी जनित्र्यजीजनद्भद्रा जनित्र्यजीजनत् ॥
ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ລູກສາດທີ່ສ່ອງແສງບິນໄປທຸກທິດ, ດັ່ງດັ່ງເຫື່ອທີ່ຖູອອກ; ແລະ ດັ່ງດັ່ງເສັ້ນໃຍຂອງຫຍ້າທີ່ກ້າວທອງ, ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ຄວາມຄິດຊົ່ວຮ້າຍຈາກພວກເຮົາ ແລະ ໃຫ້ກະຈາຍໄປ. ເພາະພະນາງມານາທິດາຜູ້ສົມບູນດ້ວຍຄວາມສະຫງ່າຜ່າງໄດ້ໃຫ້ກຳເນີດເຈົ້າ.
Mantra 6
दीर्घं ह्यङ्कुशं यथा शक्तिं बिभर्षि मन्तुमः । पूर्वेण मघवन्पदाजो वयां यथा यमो देवी जनित्र्यजीजनद्भद्रा जनित्र्यजीजनत् ॥
ດັ່ງດັ່ງຜູ້ຫນຶ່ງຖືໄມ້ຂົວຍາວ, ດັ່ງນັ້ນເຈົ້າ, ໂອ ພະລັງແຫ່ງຄວາມອຸດົມສົມບູນ, ຖືພະລັງທີ່ມີປະສິດທິຜົນທີ່ຊີ້ທາງ. ໂດຍເສັ້ນທາງບູຮານ, ໂອ ຜູ້ປະທານຄວາມອຸດົມ, ຂໍໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາກ້າວໄປຂ້າງຫນ້າດ້ວຍກຳລັງໃຈທີ່ບໍ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ; ດັ່ງດັ່ງ ຍາມະ ໄດ້ກຳນົດເສັ້ນທາງໄວ້, ດັ່ງນັ້ນຂໍໃຫ້ພະນາງມານາຜູ້ໃຫ້ກຳເນີດນຳພາຄວາມສະຫງ່າຜ່າງ ແລະ ນຳພາອີກເທື່ອຫນຶ່ງ.
Mantra 7
नकिर्देवा मिनीमसि नकिरा योपयामसि मन्त्रश्रुत्यं चरामसि । पक्षेभिरपिकक्षेभिरत्राभि सं रभामहे ॥
ພວກເຮົາບໍ່ຫຼຸດຜ່ອນພະເຈົ້າອົງໃດ, ພວກເຮົາບໍ່ຂັດຂວາງຜູ້ໃດ; ພວກເຮົາດຳເນີນຊີວິດໃນການຟັງມັນຕຣະ - ພາຍໃນການຟັງທີ່ຖືກຕ້ອງ. ດ້ວຍປີກ ແລະ ດ້ວຍຂົວປີກທີ່ຄ້ຳຊູ, ພວກເຮົາຮ່ວມກັນ ແລະ ຍຶດໝັ້ນ, ລຸກຂຶ້ນດ້ວຍການບິນພາຍໃນ.
Inside Sukta 134
How it unfolds
- Where it opens
Indra’s primordial greatness is introduced through a cosmic image: he widens Heaven and Earth like Dawn spreading, and is acclaimed as universal king—born of Devī Janitrī.
- Development
The hymn moves from cosmology to ritual efficacy: Indra’s power becomes immediate help for the Soma-presser, bringing rayi and protection with abundant aids.
- Climax
Indra as Śatakratu ‘shakes off’ all opposing forces and arrives with thousandfold supports—power that is both victorious and beneficent, grounded in auspicious birth (Janitrī).
- Where it settles
The final verse turns inward and ethical: the worshippers diminish no god, obstruct none, and abide in mantra-śruti, gathering strength ‘with wings’—a concluding ascent through right hearing and harmony among the devas.
The deity: Indra
- In the VedaIndra is celebrated as Śatakratu (of a hundred powers/works), the expansive, victorious lord who supports the worlds and grants boons to the Soma-offerer. Here he is repeatedly framed as ‘brought forth’ by Devī Janitrī/Bhadrā Janitrī—an auspicious divine Mother principle that births and empowers the kingly force.
- Cosmic functionHe upholds and widens Heaven and Earth, overcomes obstructing forces, and releases prosperity (rāyī/rayi) to the ritual patron and community through divine protection and victory.
- Inner significanceIndra represents awakened will-force and victorious clarity that breaks inner resistance; Devī Janitrī signifies the originating, creative matrix from which strength, insight, and sovereignty arise. Together they symbolize power that is not merely aggressive, but rightly born—rooted in auspicious generativity and aligned with sacred hearing (mantra-śruti).
Famous verses
devī janitrī ajījanat bhadrā janitrī ajījanat
अव यत्त्वं शतक्रतविन्द्र विश्वानि धूनुषे । रयिं न सुन्वते सचा सहस्रिणीभिरूतिभिर्देवी जनित्र्यजीजनद्भद्रा जनित्र्यजीजनत् ॥mantraśrutyaṃ carāmasi
Attributes of the deity
- Śatakratu (manifold effective power)
- World-widening supporter of Heaven and Earth
- Sovereign/kingly protector of peoples
- Bestower of rayi (abundance, plenitude) to the Soma-presser
- Destroyer/shaker-off of opposition and obstruction
- Born of Devī Janitrī (generative divine Mother-power)
- Linked with mantra-śruti: power guided by right listening
Also by this seer
- RV 10.134 is part of the late (10th) Maṇḍala compilation where several hymns have uncertain or mixed attributions in different recensional traditions.
- The concluding mantra-śruti emphasis resonates with broader Vedic themes of śruti (heard revelation) and disciplined listening, though not uniquely tied to a single named seer.
The rite, step by step
- Prepare the sacred space and fire; establish a reverent intention to honor all devas without rivalry (as echoed in the closing verse).
- Press Soma (or perform a substitute offering where Soma is not available), dedicating the flow to Indra as the sovereign helper of the presser.
- Recite the hymn, emphasizing verses that recall Indra’s cosmic widening and his shaking off of obstacles, while acknowledging Devī Janitrī as the auspicious generative source of that power.
- Offer oblations into Agni while invoking Indra’s thousandfold helps (ūtis) and requesting rayi for the sacrificer and community.
- Conclude with a quiet moment of ‘mantra-śruti’—attentive listening—symbolically ‘taking wing’ inward, and end with peace/auspiciousness intentions toward all devas.
Offerings
- Soma libation (or traditional substitute where applicable)
- Ghṛta (ghee) oblations into Agni
- Optional offerings of milk/curds/grain as supportive upacāras depending on rite
Frequently Asked Questions
The main deity is Indra, praised as a universal king and helper of the Soma-offerer. The hymn also hints at Devī Janitrī, an auspicious Mother-power who ‘brings forth’ Indra’s strength.
It means the divine “Mother” or generative power. In RV 10.134, it suggests that Indra’s victorious force is rightly born from an auspicious creative source, not merely raw power.
The closing verse stresses harmony and right practice: the worshipper should not insult or block any deva. Instead, one should live in “mantra-śruti,” attentive hearing of sacred speech, which helps the mind ‘take wing’ toward clarity.
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