Rig Veda 7.24.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 24, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.24
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Devata
- Indra
- Chandas
- Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Vira (heroism) and Shanta (peace)
आ नो विश्वाभिरूतिभिः सजोषा ब्रह्म जुषाणो हर्यश्व याहि । वरीवृजत्स्थविरेभिः सुशिप्रास्मे दधद्वृषणं शुष्ममिन्द्र ॥
ā no viśvā́bhir ūtíbhiḥ sa-jóṣā bráhma juṣāṇó hary-aśva yāhi | varīvṛ́jat sthavirébhiḥ su-śiprā́sme dádhad vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ śúṣmam indra ||
اے سنہری گھوڑوں والے اندر! خوشی سے ہم آہنگی میں اپنی تمام مددوں کے ساتھ ہمارے پاس آ، مقدس لفظ میں خوشی لے کر۔ مضبوطوں کے ساتھ جگہ وسیع کر کے، اے خوبصورت ہونٹ والے، ہم میں بیل جیسی طاقت، جوشیلے زور کو قائم کر، اے اندر۔
Word by Word
- आ
- hither, towardsIndeclinableउपसर्ग/निपातRoot आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
- नः
- to us / for usPronounषष्ठी/चतुर्थी? बहुवचन (enclitic ‘nas’ in Vedic: gen./dat. pl.)Role SampradānaRoot अस्मद्
- विश्वाभिः
- with allAdjectiveस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (विश्वा- + भिस्)Role KaraṇaRoot विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
- ऊतिभिः
- with helps, protectionsNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole KaraṇaRoot ऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
- सजोषाः
- in accord, of one mind (with us)Adjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)Role KartāRoot सजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक; sa- + joṣa ‘delight/accord’)
- ब्रह्म
- the sacred formulation/hymnNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
- जुषाणः
- enjoying, accepting (favorably)Participleवर्तमान कृदन्त (शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot जुष् (धातु) → जुषाण (कृदन्त, शानच्)
- हर्यश्व
- O you of tawny horses (Indra)Noun (vocative epithet)पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRole SambodhanaRoot हर्यश्व (प्रातिपदिक; हरि- + अश्व)
- याहि
- come!Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदRoot या (धातु)
- वरीवृजत्
- making room, clearing a wide spaceVerb (participle-like finite form in Vedic)लट्/इञ्ज्-प्रयोग? 3rd sg. active (Vedic injunctive/present usage), agreeing with Indra as agentRole KartāRoot वरीवृज् (धातु; वरिवस्/वरीवस् ‘wide space, room’ + √वृज् ‘to clear/make room’)
- स्थविरेभिः
- with the strong/steadfast onesAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole KaraṇaRoot स्थविर (प्रातिपदिक)
- सुशिप्राः
- having beautiful jaws/cheeksAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्; RV usage sometimes shows -āḥ for nom. sg.)Role KartāRoot सुशिप्र (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + शिप्र ‘jaw/cheek’)
- अस्मे
- among us / for usPronounसप्तमी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (Vedic loc./dat. ‘asme’ = ‘in/for us’)Role AdhikaraṇaRoot अस्मद्
- दधत्
- placing, bestowingParticipleवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot धा (धातु) → दधत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
- वृषणम्
- bull-like, virileAdjective/Nounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)
- शुष्मम्
- might, vigorNounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
- इन्द्र
- O IndraNoun (vocative)पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनRole SambodhanaRoot इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Sandhi Notes
- Sandhi resolution (main): विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑: → विश्वाभिः ऊतिभिः (visvābhir + ūtibhiḥ; r + ū coalescence in saṃhitā)
- स॒जोषा॒ ब्रह्म॑ → सजोषाः ब्रह्म (final -ā + initial b-; visarga shown in pada as -āḥ)
- जुषा॒णो ह॑र्यश्व → जुषाणः हर्यश्व (o/ḥ alternation in saṃhitā; nom. sg. -aḥ before voiced consonant often appears as -o)
- वरी॑वृज॒त्स्थवि॑रेभिः → वरीवृजत् स्थविरेभिः (t + sth- cluster)
- सुशिप्रा॒स्मे → सुशिप्राः अस्मे (āḥ + a-; visarga lost in saṃhitā)
- शुष्म॑मिन्द्र → शुष्मम् इन्द्र (m + i-)
The meaning
Outer meaning
Indra is asked to come with all his helps, in harmony, delighting in the sacred word. Making wide room with the strong ones, O fair-lipped, place in us the bull-like force and impetuous might.
Inner meaning
The seeker calls Indra to arrive with ‘all helps’—multiple movements of illumination, protection, and strength—‘sajoṣāḥ’, in glad accord: the inner powers must harmonize rather than conflict. Indra ‘delighting in brahman’ means the illumined mind responds to true mantric speech, not to mental noise. ‘Varīvṛjat sthavirebhiḥ’ is crucial: Indra widens the inner space by the strong ones—either the mature powers in us or Indra’s companions (Marut-like forces). Psychologically, this is the breaking of constriction, fear, and smallness. ‘Suśipra’ (fair-lipped) hints at the power of right expression and luminous command. The prayer culminates: ‘dadhad asme vṛṣaṇaṃ śuṣmam’—establish in us the bull-force, the impetuous energy: a divinized dynamism that can act with power under light.
Universal truth
Spiritual power must be harmonized, widened, and grounded in truth-speech. When constriction is removed, a purified might can be installed in the being—strength that serves illumination rather than ego.
Themes
Protection (ūti), Mantric power (brahman), Expansion (varīvas)
The seer
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Lineage
- Vasiṣṭha-gotra
- Other hymns
- RV 7.23.6, RV 7.24.1, RV 7.24.3
Family tradition
A hallmark of the Vasiṣṭha corpus is the insistence on widening (uru/varīvas) and establishing force in the human vessel through brahman and Indra’s aids.
Significance
Vasiṣṭha’s spirituality aims at ‘roominess’ and stable power: a vast inner field where divine force can be installed without distortion.
The deity
- Devata
- Indra
- Epithets
- haryaśva (of tawny steeds), suśipra (fair-lipped)
- Related deities
- Maruts (the strong ones, by function), Agni, Soma
Cosmic role
Opener of the way; widener of the worlds; giver of victorious might; supporter of the brahman.
Inner power
Widening illumination that removes constriction and installs purified strength in the nature.
In ritual
Where it is used
Indra stuti and request for strength (general Soma/Indra rite context)
आ नो॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑: स॒जोषा॒ ब्रह्म॑ जुषा॒णो ह॑र्यश्व याहि । वरी॑वृज॒त्स्थवि॑रेभिः सुशिप्रा॒स्मे दध॒द्वृष॑णं॒ शुष्म॑मिन्द्र ॥
आ । नः॒ । विश्वा॑भिः । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । स॒ऽजोषाः॑ । ब्रह्म॑ । जु॒षा॒णः । ह॒रि॒ऽअ॒श्व॒ । या॒हि॒ । वरी॑वृजत् । स्थवि॑रेभिः । सु॒ऽशि॒प्र॒ । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । दध॑त् । वृष॑णम् । शुष्म॑म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ ॥
ā | naḥ | viśvābhiḥ | ūti-bhiḥ | sa-joṣāḥ | brahma | juṣāṇaḥ | hari-aśva | yāhi | varīvṛjat | sthavirebhiḥ | su-śipra | asme iti | dadhat | vṛṣaṇam | śuṣmam | indra
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Expansive yet forceful; a widening sweep followed by a firm installing cadence
Opens the chest and breath; then condenses into a strong resolve—ideal for invoking strength without agitation.
- ऊतिभिः (ūtibhiḥ)
- Literal: helps, aids. Symbolic: Multiple supports of the higher consciousness: protection, guidance, force
- सजोषाः (sajoṣāḥ)
- Literal: in accord, together-pleased. Symbolic: Harmonized inner movements; unity of faculties
- ब्रह्म (brahma)
- Literal: sacred word, prayer. Symbolic: Mantric truth-speech; creative vibration of consciousness
- वरीवृजत् (varīvṛjat)
- Literal: making wide room. Symbolic: Breaking inner constriction; widening consciousness
- स्थविरैः (sthavirebhiḥ)
- Literal: with the strong/firm ones. Symbolic: Mature powers (or allied forces) that stabilize widening
- वृषणं शुष्मम् (vṛṣaṇaṃ śuṣmam)
- Literal: bull-like force, impetuous might. Symbolic: Divinized dynamism; courageous executive energy under light
- सुशिप्र (suśipra)
- Literal: fair-lipped. Symbolic: Power of right expression/command; luminous articulation
Indra praise and invitation within Soma rite; strengthening formula for the sacrificer’s inner ‘wide space’
After invitation, during praise and petitions for force and protection
Recitation to invite Indra’s aids and to establish strength in the sacrificer/community
Chant when feeling cramped, fearful, or scattered; use as a ‘widening + empowerment’ mantra before disciplined action.
ūti (√av/√vā? traditional: ‘help, protection’): functional ‘aid’ of the deity. brahman here is not later metaphysics but the effective mantric formulation. varīvas: ‘wide space’—psychologically liberation from inner narrowing. śuṣma: ‘impetus, might’ (often of Indra), energizing the will and nerves of action.
Rita through brahman (effective word), inner liberation (wide space vs constriction), shakti/force establishment (śuṣma in asme)
Sajoṣāḥ (harmonious accord) is ṛta in the psychological nature—right relation among powers.
Brahman enjoyed by Indra implies truth-vibration as the basis for effective power.
Widening of the worlds and installation of force—creation as expansion plus empowered order.
Aurobindonian: widening (vāstu) and descent of force into the instrument; mantra as operative power.
Wide space = vast consciousness; horses = dynamic energies; bull-force = abundant strength; fair-lipped = luminous speech-force.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- ‘Making wide room’ (varīvṛjat) is the spatial liberation motif: Indra breaks inner obstructions and opens the vast, then installs śuṣma (impetuous force) in the human vessel—an interiorized version of opening the waters/light.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √dhā ‘place’ is PIE *dʰeh₁- (cf. Greek títhēmi). The formulaic ‘wide space’ motif parallels other IE poetries where the hero-god creates room/order against constriction/chaos.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi offers brahman (effective word); Indra ‘enjoys’ it (juṣāṇa) and reciprocates by widening the inner field and depositing δύναμις-like force (śuṣma) in the seeker—speech evokes power; power fulfills speech.
Widen the inner space and install steady, purified power guided by truth-speech.
Anāhata (widening, openness) with Maṇipūra (installed force)
Box breathing 4-4-4-4 while feeling ‘varīvṛjat’ as expansion on each inhale; on exhale, silently affirm ‘dadhad… śuṣmam’ as settling strength
Vast, harmonized, empowered—strength without strain
Chant 1 time slowly emphasizing widening; then 8 times steadily. After chanting, sit with attention in the chest (space) and belly (force), letting strength arise as calm pressure rather than agitation.
Maintain strong udatta on ‘ā no’, ‘viśvābhir ūtibhiḥ’, and ‘indra’; let ‘varīvṛjat’ be clearly articulated with a widening breath.
Slightly increase volume on ‘varīvṛjat’ (widening) and then firm, grounded tone on ‘dadhad… śuṣmam’.
viśvābhir: śv cluster clear; long ā in ābhir, ūtibhiḥ: long ū; aspirate bh, haryaśva: split har-yaś-va; palatal ś, śuṣmam: retroflex ṣ; keep short a
Broad and resonant; feel ‘space’ in the tone, then ‘weight’ in the final petition
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