Mantra 3

Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Yajus (formulaic)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

होता॑ यक्ष॒दिडा॑भि॒रिन्द्र॑मीडि॒तमा॒जुह्वा॑न॒मम॑र्त्यम् । दे॒वो दे॒वै: सवी॑र्यो॒ वज्र॑हस्तः पुरन्द॒रो वेत्वाज्य॑स्य॒ होत॒र्यज॑

Transliteration

hótā yakṣad iḍā́bhir índram īḍitám ā́juhvānám ámartyam | devó deváiḥ savī́ryo vájra-hastaḥ purandaráḥ vétv ā́jyasya hótar yája

Translation

ഹോതൃ ഇഡകളാൽ ഇന്ദ്രനെ യജിക്കട്ടെ—സ്തുതനായ, ആഹ്വാനിതനായ, അമർത്ത്യനായ ഇന്ദ്രനെ; ദേവൻ ദേവന്മാരോടുകൂടെ, സവീര്യൻ, വജ്രഹസ്തൻ, പുരന്ദരൻ—അവൻ ഘൃതാഹുതിയിലേക്കു വരട്ടെ. ഹോതൃ, യജ!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

होता यक्षत् । इडाभिः । इन्द्रम् । ईडितम् । आजुह्वानम् । अमर्त्यम् । देवः । देवैः । सवीर्यः । वज्रहस्तः । पुरन्दरः । वेतु । आज्यस्य । होतः । यज

Word by Word

होताthe Hotṛ-priest

यक्षत्let (him) worship/sacrifice

इडाभिःwith the Iḍās (invocations/offerings)

इन्द्रम्Indra

ईडितम्praised

आtowards, hither

जुह्वानम्offering/uttering oblations

अमर्त्यम्immortal

देवःthe god

देवैःwith the gods

सवीर्यःpossessing good/true valor

वज्रहस्तःwhose hand holds the thunderbolt

पुरन्दरःfort-destroyer

वेतुlet him know/attain; let him come

आज्यस्यof the ghee

होतरिin/at the Hotṛ (i.e., at the Hotṛ’s station)

यजsacrifice (you)!

Entities Mentioned

Indra

Iḍā(s)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

Philosophical Concepts

Vedic Cosmology

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