Shloka 20
Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)
ततो देवै: सहितो देवराजो रथे युड्क््त्वा तान् हरीन् वाजिमुख्यान् । आयाद् यज्ञमथ राज्ञ: पिपासु- राविक्षितस्याप्रमेयस्थ सोमम्
tato devaiḥ sahito devarājo rathe yuktvā tān harīn vājimukhyān | āyād yajñam atha rājñaḥ pipāsur āvikṣitasyāprameyastha somam ||
于是，天帝因陀罗与诸神相随，将那几匹最上等、白中带金的骏马套上战车。因渴望饮用苏摩，他来到阿毗克悉特之子、威力不可量度的摩鲁塔王所举行的祭祀之所——步入那神权与王德相会、并考验人们是否应当礼敬一场当受尊崇之祭的场域。
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
A worthy sacrifice grounded in royal merit can draw even the gods; ritual honor (Soma offering) is portrayed as a moral economy where divine beings acknowledge human excellence and properly conducted yajña.
Indra, with the other gods, harnesses his best horses to his chariot and comes to King Marutta’s sacrificial hall, eager to partake of the Soma offered in the yajña.