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

Biarlah Hotṛ memuja Indra dengan barhis—Indra, yang terbaik untuk didudukkan, sang banteng, yang amalnya untuk manusia. Bersama para Vasu, para Rudra, para Āditya, yang terpasang elok, semoga ia duduk di atas barhis; semoga ia datang kepada persembahan ghee. Wahai Hotṛ, lakukanlah yajña!

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)

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