Rig Veda 1.149.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 149, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.149
स यो वृषा नरां न रोदस्योः श्रवोभिरस्ति जीवपीतसर्गः । प्र यः सस्राणः शिश्रीत योनौ ॥
sá yó vṛ́ṣā narā́ṃ ná rodasyoḥ śrávobhir ásti jīvápīta-sargaḥ | prá yáḥ sasrāṇáḥ śiśrīta yónau ||
Dia yang Lembu Jantan (vṛṣā)—kejantanan di dua alam—wujud dengan kuasa-kuasa kemasyhuran yang bercahaya; dialah pemberi aliran minuman kehidupan. Dia yang, mengalir deras, telah menetap dalam rahim-sumber (yoni).
Soma-related diction (jīvapīta, sarga, flowing/streaming) suggests recitation in Soma-press contexts; emphasizes the devata as outpourer of life-essence into the two worlds.
two-world integration (mind-life; heaven-earth), soma as life-essence and delight, yoni as matrix of manifestation
Right order is not only movement but right placement—force must ‘settle in yoni’.
Śravas as truth-power that becomes effective and sustaining.
Outflow of life-essence and its establishment in the womb-source for new birth.
Psychological Veda: soma as ānanda nourishing the system; bull as spiritual potency.
Bull = potent mastery; flow = descent of rasa; yoni = foundational center where experience becomes realization.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The fructifying ‘Bull’ who pours forth the life-drink (soma) and establishes himself in the yoni (source). Psychologically, it is the descent of potent force that releases inner delight and settles in the matrix of the being to sustain growth in both worlds.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- The bull-as-potency symbol is widespread in IE traditions. The flow/release roots √sṛ/√sṛj are part of an IE hydrodynamic metaphor for power and inspiration. The two-world framing is a common archaic cosmological dual.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi recognizes the devata as the one who makes soma (life-essence) effectively flow and who can establish that potency within the practitioner’s own yoni (source-nature). The hymn is an alignment to receive and hold the fructifying force in both mind and life.
Receive a descending ‘nectar’ of calm strength; let it settle in the heart-source.
Svādhiṣṭhāna (rasa) → Anāhata (settling in yoni of the heart)
Inhale imagining a cool stream of light; exhale letting it pool in the heart/belly as steady warmth.
From energized expansion to integrated sweetness and stability.
If restless: emphasize the ‘settling in yoni’—after recitation, sit and feel the essence gathering at one center, not dispersing upward.
Three-tone; allow slightly elongated vowels on ‘vṛṣā’, ‘rodasyoḥ’, ‘yoni’ for the expansive feel.
Keep compound ‘jīvapītasargaḥ’ clearly segmented in mind while chanting; don’t rush it.
vṛṣā: vocalic ‘ṛ’ crisp; retroflex ‘ṣ’, rodasyoḥ: clear ‘yoḥ’ with visarga-like ending per sandhi tradition, śiśrīta: repeat ‘śi’ cleanly, avoid slurring
Full, resonant, grounded.
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