Dashati 2
Aindra Soma-offering: making the Soma ‘sufficient’ and exhilarating for Indra’s strength and victory
Indra
Vigorous martial-exultant and expansive (Aindra energy with Pavamāna brightness)
The verses are treated in an Aindra (Indra-centered) tradition; specific ṛṣi attribution is not given in the supplied input and would require RV-source concordance for certainty.
Soma pressing and offering where Indra’s draught is prepared filtered (pavitra) and apportioned to ritual ‘stations’ (dhāman).
Mantras
Mantra 1
उत्ते शुष्मासो अस्थू रक्षो भिन्दन्तो अद्रिवः नुदस्व याः परिस्पृधः
Thy energies have arisen, O wielder of the bolt, shattering the Rākṣasas; drive thou away those assailants that encompass us.
Mantra 2
विव्यक्थ महिना वृषन्भक्षं सोमस्य जागृवे य इन्द्र जठरेषु ते
Thou hast manifested, by thy greatness, O vigorous Indra, the Soma-portion for the vigilant (god); that (draught) is in thy bellies.
Mantra 3
अस्य व्रतानि नाधृषे पवमानस्य दूढ्या रुज यस्त्वा पृतन्यति
The ordinances of this Pavamāna are not to be overborne; by his firm might crush him whosoever strives against thee.
Mantra 4
तं हिन्वन्ति मदच्युतं हरिं नदीषु वाजिनम् इन्दुमिन्द्राय मत्सरम्
Him they impel, the distiller of exhilaration, the bright and vigorous Soma, in the streams, an intoxicating draught for Indra.
Frequently Asked Questions
It presents Soma as Indra’s proper and ‘sufficient’ draught—prepared, filtered, and distributed correctly—so that Indra becomes empowered for heroic, protective action.
It is a ritual and poetic way to say that Indra truly receives and ‘contains’ the Soma offering; the god’s strength is pictured as being filled and made ready through the draught.
It commonly refers to the ritual flow of Soma through the filter and along channels into vessels—Soma ‘running’ as purified Pavamāna before being offered to Indra.