Mantra 1

Sukta 117

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पिबा सोममिन्द्र मन्दतु त्वा यं ते सुषाव हर्यश्वाद्रिः । सोतुर्बाहुभ्यां सुयतो नार्वा

IAST Transliteration

píba sómam indra mándatu tvā yáṃ te suṣā́va haryáśvā́driḥ | sotúrbāhúbhyāṃ súyato ná árvā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Drink Soma, O Indra; let that exhilarate thee which the stone, O tawny-horsed, hath well pressed for thee—well guided by the presser’s arms, like a rushing steed.

Translation

இந்திரனே, சோமத்தை அருந்து; ஹர்யஶ்வனே, உனக்காக அத்ரி (அரைக்கும் கல்) நன்றாகப் பிழிந்த அந்தச் சோமம் உன்னை மகிழ்விக்கட்டும். சோத்ரு (பிழிப்பவன்) கைகளால் நன்கு வழிநடத்தப்பட்டு, வேகமுள்ள குதிரைபோல் அது பாய்ந்து ஓடட்டும்.

Word by Word

पिबdrink!

सोमम्Soma (juice)

इन्द्रO Indra

मन्दतुlet (it) gladden / exhilarate

त्वाyou

यम्which (Soma)

तेfor you / to you

सुषावhas pressed (well)

हर्यश्वात्from (the one) with tawny horses

अद्रिःthe pressing-stone

सोतुःof the presser

बाहुभ्याम्with (his) two arms

सुयतःof the well-restrained / well-guided

नnot

अर्वाa steed / horse

Attribution

Rishi: RV provenance (Soma-pressing Indra hymn tradition; specific RV attribution requires RV parallel identification)

Devata: Indra (with Soma as enabling power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type (to be confirmed against RV parallel).

Mantra Rasa

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