Mantra 7

Rishi: RV-derived (seer per source hymn)

Devata: Daivyau Hotārā (the two divine Hotṛs), with Indra as beneficiary

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (approximate)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

होता॑ यक्ष॒द्दैव्या॒ होता॑रा भि॒षजा॒ सखा॑या ह॒विषेन्द्रं॑ भिषज्यतः । क॒वी देवौ॒ प्रचे॑तसा॒विन्द्रा॑य धत्त इन्द्रि॒यं वी॒तामाज्य॑स्य॒ होत॒र्यज॑

Transliteration

hótā yákṣad daivyā́ hótārā bhiṣájā sákhāyā havíṣéndraṃ bhiṣajyátaḥ | kavī́ deváu prá·cetasāv índrāya dhatta indriyáṃ vītā́m ā́jyasya hótar yája

Translation

ഹോതൃ യജിക്കട്ടെ: ദൈവ്യ ഹോതാക്കളായ ആ രണ്ടുപേർ, ഭിഷജരായ സഖാക്കൾ, ഹവിഷാൽ ഇന്ദ്രനെ ചികിത്സിക്കുന്നു. കവികളായ, പ്രചേതസ്സായ ആ രണ്ടു ദേവന്മാർ ഇന്ദ്രനുവേണ്ടി ഇന്ദ്രിയം (സാർവഭൗമ-ശക്തി) സ്ഥാപിക്കട്ടെ; അവർ ഘൃതം പങ്കുചേരട്ടെ—ഹേ ഹോതൃ, യജിക്ക!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

होता । यक्षत् । दैव्या । होतारा । भिषजा । सखाया । हविषा । इन्द्रम् । भिषज्यतः । कवी इति । देवौ । प्र-चेतसा । इन्द्राय । धत्तः । इन्द्रियम् । वीताम् । आज्यस्य । होतः । यज ।

Word by Word

होताthe Hotṛ (invoking priest)

यक्षत्let (him) worship / perform sacrifice

दैव्याdivine

होतारौthe two Hotṛ-priests

भिषजाas/with a healer (physician)

सखायौthe two friends

हविषाwith the oblation

इन्द्रम्Indra

भिषज्यतःthey two heal / act as physicians

कवीthe two sages/poets

देवौthe two gods

प्रचेतसौwise, discerning

इन्द्रायfor Indra

धत्तःplace/put (you two)

इन्द्रियम्vigor, power

वीताम्enjoyed/accepted (by the gods)

आज्यस्यof ghee

होतरिin/at the Hotṛ (office); in the Hotṛ

यजworship! sacrifice!

Entities Mentioned

Daivyau Hotārā (the Two Divine Hotṛs)

Indra

Agni (implicit as Hotṛ and as the offering-fire)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary