Mantra 4

Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition

Devata: Indra (with Vasus, Rudras, Ādityas as attendants)

Chandas: Yajus (formulaic)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

होता॒ यक्षद्ब॒र्हिषीन्द्रं॑ निषद्व॒रं वृ॑ष॒भं नर्या॑पसम् । वसु॑भी रु॒द्रैरा॑दि॒त्यैः सु॒युग्भि॑र्ब॒र्हिरास॑द॒द्वेत्वाज्य॑स्य॒ होत॒र्यज॑

Transliteration

hótā yakṣad barhíṣéndraṁ niṣádvaraṁ vṛ́ṣabhaṁ naryā́pasam | vásubhī rudráir ādityáiḥ suyúgbhir barhír āsadat vétv ā́jyasya hótar yája

Translation

ഹോതൃ ബർഹിഷാൽ ഇന്ദ്രനെ യജിക്കട്ടെ—നിഷദ്വരൻ, വൃഷഭൻ, നര്യാപസ് ഇന്ദ്രനെ. വസുക്കൾ, രുദ്രന്മാർ, ആദിത്യർ—സുയുഗ്ഭിഃ—സഹിതം ബർഹിഷിൽ ഇരിക്കട്ടെ; അവൻ ഘൃതാഹുതിയിലേക്കു വരട്ടെ. ഹോതൃ, യജ!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

होता यक्षत् । बर्हिषा । इन्द्रम् । निषद्वरम् । वृषभम् । नर्य-आपसम् । वसुभिः । रुद्रैः । आदित्यैः । सुयुग्भिः । बर्हिः । आसदत् । वेतु । आज्यस्य । होतः । यज

Word by Word

होताthe Hotṛ-priest

यक्षत्let him worship / offer

बर्हिषिon the sacred grass (barhis)

इन्द्रम्Indra

निषद्वरम्the best of those who sit down (at the rite) / most excellent to be seated

वृषभम्the bull (mighty one)

नर्यापसम्whose deeds are manly / heroic in action

वसुभिःwith the Vasus

रुद्रैःwith the Rudras

आदित्यैःwith the Ādityas

सुयुग्भिःwith well-yoked (well-joined) ones

बर्हिःthe barhis (sacrificial grass)

आसदत्let it be sat upon / let it seat (them)

वेतुlet it convey / bring

आज्यस्यof ghee (clarified butter)

होतरीin/at the Hotṛ (office/seat of the Hotṛ)

यजworship! / perform the offering!

Entities Mentioned

Indra

Vasus

Rudras

Ādityas

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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Vedic Cosmology

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