Dashati 2
Aindra-Soma: the generative power of Soma/Indra expressed as cosmic ‘milk/seed’ and as the authoritative Sāman tradition (Rathantara).
Indra (Aindra frame) in close union with Soma (Pavamāna) as the energizing prize-winning power of the rite.
Radiant and expansive—moving from contained brightness (Soma ‘milk’) to wide authoritative proclamation (Rathantara).
Vasiṣṭha (explicitly named in 2.0.02.05 as the establisher/bring-er of Rathantara).
Soma is treated as the bright essence to be upheld/clarified and made victorious; verses support Soma-praise and Indra-strengthening within Soma service.
Mantras
Mantra 1
त्वमेतदधारयः कृष्णासु रोहिणीषु च परुष्णीषु रुशत्पयः
Thou didst uphold this shining milk (this bright juice) among the black, the ruddy, and the speckled (kine).
Mantra 2
अरूरुचदुषसः पृश्निरग्रिय उक्षा मिमेति भुवनेषु वाजयुः मायाविनो ममिरे अस्य मायया नृचक्षसः पितरो गर्भमादधुः
Pṛśni, pre-eminent, shone forth with the Dawns; the vigorous Bull, seeking the prize, measures out (his course) through the worlds. The possessors of wondrous power fashioned him by his own māyā; the Fathers, beholding men, deposited the germ (of the rite).
Mantra 3
इन्द्र इद्धर्योः सचा सम्मिश्ल आ वचोयुजा इन्द्रो वज्री हिरण्ययः
Indra, at the enkindled (rite) of the worshipper, comes in fellowship, united (with our devotion), yoked with sacred speech; Indra, the thunderer, is of golden splendour.
Mantra 4
इन्द्र वाजेषु नो ऽव सहस्रप्रधनेषु च उग्र उग्राभिरूतिभिः
Indra, protect us in the gains of strength, and in the thousandfold bestowals; O mighty (god), (protect us) with thy mighty succours.
Mantra 5
प्रथश्च यस्य सप्रथश्च नामानुष्टुभस्य हविषो हविर्यत् धातुर्द्युतानात्सवितुश्च विष्णो रथन्तरमा जभारा वसिष्ठः
He whose (chant) is expansion, and whose name also is 'with expansion',—(he), intent upon the oblation of the Anuṣṭubh (metre),—Vasiṣṭha brought hither the Rathantara from the splendour of the Ordainer, and from Savitṛ and Viṣṇu.
Mantra 6
नियुत्वान्वायवा गह्ययं शुक्रो अयामि ते गन्तासि सुन्वतो गृहम्
O Vāyu, possessed of thy yoked steeds, come hither; this bright (Soma) I invite thee (to partake): thou shalt come to the house of him who presses (the juice).
Mantra 7
यज्जायथा अपूर्व्य मघवन्वृत्रहत्याय तत्पृथिवीमप्रथयस्तदस्तभ्ना उतो दिवम्
When thou wast born, O Maghavan, wondrous (in might), for the slaying of Vṛtra, then thou didst expand the earth; then also thou didst uphold the heaven.
Frequently Asked Questions
It links Soma’s bright, sustaining essence with the cosmic ‘seed’ of the rite and with the authority of a key Sāman melody, Rathantara—showing how chant and offering work together to make the sacrifice effective.
No. In this Vedic context (and in Sāyaṇa’s reading), māyā is a wondrous, effective power—divine/ritual capability by which forms and results are produced.
The verse presents Rathantara as a transmitted liturgical form: Vasiṣṭha ‘brought/established’ it for sacrificial use, grounding the chant in seer-lineage and ritual provenance.
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