Rig Veda Sukta 17
Mandala 2Sukta 174 Mantras

Sukta 17

Sukta 2.17

Rishi

Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava) (traditional attribution for RV 2.17)

Devata

Indra (with Agni/Vahni as operative power in the imagery)

Chandas

Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 2.17; verse length and cadence consistent)

这首简短的特里什图布(Triṣṭubh)体因陀罗赞歌,颂扬他广阔无边的主宰权,日益扩展以包容一切世界;并赞美他得胜的威力,在宇宙中确立光明与秩序。诗中以“火之力”(阿耆尼/瓦赫尼,Agni/Vahni)为其运作的象征:它伸展两界,并将被撕裂的黑暗“缝合”,由此使光与连贯性得以成立。随后诗人祈求赐予vāja(胜利之力)、护佑,以及为歌者带来丰厚的dakṣiṇā(酬礼/赠礼)。

Mantras

Mantra 4

अधा यो विश्वा भुवनाभि मज्मनेशानकृत्प्रवया अभ्यवर्धत । आद्रोदसी ज्योतिषा वह्निरातनोत्सीव्यन्तमांसि दुधिता समव्ययत् ॥

于是,那以其广大而增长、覆临一切世界者——成就主宰之功者——凭前进的冲势而扩展。他以光明张布两界(天地);把黑暗的裂隙缝合之时,那驱策的火力将它们压合为一体的连贯。

Mantra 7

अमाजूरिव पित्रोः सचा सती समानादा सदसस्त्वामिये भगम् । कृधि प्रकेतमुप मास्या भर दद्धि भागं तन्वो येन मामहः ॥

如孩童依偎父母,安住于同一觉知之居,我自共同的座处来到你前,婆伽(Bhaga)啊。为我们成就明澈的洞见;按其分量使之临近;赐予我们具身之我以正当之份,使我们由此得以增长于福乐。

Mantra 8

भोजं त्वामिन्द्र वयं हुवेम ददिष्ट्वमिन्द्रापांसि वाजान् । अविड्ढीन्द्र चित्रया न ऊती कृधि वृषन्निन्द्र वस्यसो नः ॥

因陀罗啊,我们呼唤你——赐享者、丰盈之主;唯你赐下诸业(āpāṃsi)与胜力之瓦阇(vāja)。因陀罗啊,以你光辉而多彩的护佑为我们贯穿开路;雄牛般的因陀罗啊,使我们得享更善、更丰之境。

Mantra 9

नूनं सा ते प्रति वरं जरित्रे दुहीयदिन्द्र दक्षिणा मघोनी । शिक्षा स्तोतृभ्यो माति धग्भगो नो बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥

如今,因陀罗啊,愿那慷慨的达克希那(dakṣiṇā)为歌者挤出,作为你相应的回赐。请教示诸赞颂者;愿我们的福神薄伽(Bhaga)不被焚损。愿我们在集会(vidatha)中宣说广大之言,富有英雄之力(suvīra)。

Frequently Asked Questions

It praises Indra’s supreme power that spreads over all worlds and establishes light and order, then asks him for strength (vāja), protection, and prosperity for the worshippers.

The hymn keeps Indra as the main deity, but uses “Vahni” (Fire-Power) as the operative image of luminous force—showing how Indra’s power works to extend light and bind the worlds into coherence.

It is a poetic way of saying that the divine power repairs the ‘rips’ of confusion and obstruction, joining what is scattered into unity and establishing clarity and stability (light) in the cosmos and in life.

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