Mantra 1

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ता वज्रिणं मन्दिनं स्तोम्यं मद इन्द्रं रथे वहतो हर्यता हरी । पुरूण्यस्मै सवनानि हर्यत इन्द्राय सोमा हरयो दधन्विरे

IAST Transliteration

tā́ vajríṇaṃ mandínaṃ stómyam máda índraṃ ráthe vahato haryatá̄́ hárī | purū́ṇy asmai sávanāni haryáta índrā́ya sómā hárayo dadhanvire

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those two bay Steeds, desirable, bear in the car the Thunder-armed Indra—gladdened, hymn-worthy—in the rapture. For him are many tawny Soma-pressings; for Indra the Soma-draughts, and the Bays, are set a-running.

Translation

அந்த இரு ஹரி (பே) குதிரைகள்—விரும்பத்தக்க, இனியவை—ரதத்தில் வஜ்ரதாரியான இந்திரனை, மதத்தில் (உற்சாகத்தில்) மகிழ்ந்தும் ஸ்தோத்திரத்திற்குரியவனாகவும், ஏற்றிச் செல்கின்றன. அவருக்குப் பல ஹரித்வர்ண சவனங்கள் (சோம நிஷ்பீடனங்கள்) உள்ளன; இந்திரனுக்காகச் சோமபானமும், இந்த ஹரி குதிரைகளும் வேகமாகச் செலுத்தப்படுகின்றன.

Word by Word

तौthose two

वज्रिणम्the thunderbolt-bearer

मन्दिनम्the gladdening/joyous one

स्तोम्यम्worthy of praise

मदेin exhilaration (of soma)

इन्द्रम्Indra

रथेon the chariot

वहतः(they) carry/drive

हर्यताwith the two bay (horses)

हरीthe two bay horses

पुरूणिmany

अस्मैfor him

सवनानिpressings/offerings (soma-pressings)

हर्यतdear/pleasing (to the bays/Indra)

इन्द्रायfor Indra

सोमाःthe soma (draughts)

हरयःthe bays (horses)

दधन्विरेhave hastened/pressed forward

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally RV-derived; in AV 20 the seer attributions follow Rigvedic parallels (Indra-stuti lineage).

Devata: Indra (with the Haris as his conveyance).

Chandas: Jagatī (11-syllable cadence typical of many Indra hymns; AV 20 largely mirrors RV meters).

Mantra Rasa

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