Mantra 4

Sukta 139

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयं वां घर्मो अश्विना स्तोमेन परि षिच्यते । अयं सोमो मधुमान्वाजिनीवसू येन वृत्रं चिकेतथः

IAST Transliteration

ayáṁ vāṁ gharmó aśvinā stómena pári sicyate | ayáṁ sómo mádhumān vājīnīvasū yéna vṛtráṁ cikétathaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This Gharma, O Aśvins, for you is sprinkled round with laud; This Soma, honey-rich, O ye of prize-winning wealth, whereby ye marked (and mastered) Vṛtra.

Translation

ஓ அஷ்வினர்களே! இந்த ‘க்ஹர்ம’ (க்ஹர்ம-யாகம்) உங்களுக்காக ஸ்தோத்திரத்தால் எல்லாத் திசைகளிலும் தெளிக்கப்படுகிறது. ஓ வாஜினீவஸூ (வெற்றி-செல்வம் உடையவர்களே)! இது தேன் நிறைந்த சோமம்; இதனால் நீங்கள் வ்ருத்ரனை அறிந்து அடக்கினீர்கள்.

Word by Word

अयम्this (one)

वाम्for you two / of you two

घर्मःthe hot drink/oblation (gharma)

अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)

स्तोमेनwith a hymn of praise

परिaround; all around

षिच्यतेis poured/sprinkled

अयम्this (one)

सोमःSoma (the pressed juice)

मधुमान्honey-sweet; rich in sweetness

वाजिनीवसूO you two who possess prize-winning wealth

येनby which

वृत्रम्Vṛtra (the obstructor)

चिकेतथःyou two perceived/recognized

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Aśvin hymn material (Kāṇva-associated in this cluster)

Devata: Aśvinau (with Soma/Gharma as ritual foci)

Chandas: Mixed (RV-style; effectively Anuṣṭubh with extended cadence in second line)

Mantra Rasa

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