DharmaPragya
Mandala 2, Hymn 14
Containing 12 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 12
SANSKRIT TEXT
अध्व॑र्यवो॒ भर॒तेन्द्रा॑य॒ सोम॒माम॑त्रेभिः सिञ्चता॒ मद्य॒मन्धः॑ का॒मी हि वी॒रः सद॑मस्य पी॒तिं जु॒होत॒ वृष्णे॒ तदिदे॒ष व॑ष्टि
"MINISTERS, bring the Soma juice for Indra, pour forth the gladdening liquor with the beakers.logeth ever To drink of this the Hero offer it to the Bull, for this he willeth."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवो॒ यो अ॒पो व॑व्रि॒वांसं॑ वृ॒त्रं ज॒घाना॒शन्ये॑व वृ॒क्षम् तस्मा॑ ए॒तं भ॑रत तद्व॒शायँ॑ ए॒ष इन्द्रो॑ अर्हति पी॒तिम॑स्य
"Ye ministers, to him who with the lightning smote, like a tree, the rain-withholding Vr̥itra- Bring it to him, him who is fain to taste it, a draught of this which Indra here deserveth."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवो॒ यो दृभी॑कं ज॒घान॒ यो गा उ॒दाज॒दप॒ हि व॒लं वः तस्मा॑ ए॒तम॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ न वात॒मिन्द्रं॒ सोमै॒रोर्णु॑त॒ जूर्न वस्त्रैः॑
"Ye ministers, to him who smote Dr̥ibhîkas who drove the kine forth, and discovered Vala, Offer this draught, like Vita in the region: clothe him with Soma even as steeds with trappings."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवो॒ य उर॑णं ज॒घान॒ नव॑ च॒ख्वांसं॑ नव॒तिं च॑ बा॒हून् यो अर्बु॑द॒मव॑ नी॒चा ब॑बा॒धे तमिन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य भृ॒थे हि॑नोत
"Him who did Uraṇa to death, Adhvaryus! though showing arms ninety-and-nine in number; Who cast down headlong Arbuda and slew him,– speed ye that Indra to our offered Soma."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवो॒ यः स्वश्नं॑ ज॒घान॒ यः शुष्ण॑म॒शुषं॒ यो व्यं॑सम् यः पिप्रुं॒ नमु॑चिं॒ यो रु॑धि॒क्रां तस्मा॒ इन्द्रा॒यान्ध॑सो जुहोत
"Ye ministers, to him who struck down Svaṣna, and did to death Vyansa and greedy Ṣushṇa, And Rudhikrâs and Namuchi and Pipru,– to him, to Indra, pour ye forth libation."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवो॒ यः श॒तं शम्ब॑रस्य॒ पुरो॑ बि॒भेदाश्म॑नेव पू॒र्वीः यो व॒र्चिनः॑ श॒तमिन्द्रः॑ स॒हस्र॑म॒पाव॑प॒द्भर॑ता॒ सोम॑मस्मै
"Ye ministers, to him who as with thunder demolished Ṣambara's hundred ancient castles; Who cast down Varcin's sons, a hundred thousand,– to him, to Indra, offer ye the Soma."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवो॒ यः श॒तमा स॒हस्रं॒ भूम्या॑ उ॒पस्थेऽव॑पज्जघ॒न्वान् कुत्स॑स्या॒योर॑तिथि॒ग्वस्य॑ वी॒रान्न्यावृ॑ण॒ग्भर॑ता॒ सोम॑मस्मै
"Ye ministers, to him who slew a hundred thousand, and cast them down upon earth's bosom; Who quelled the valiant men of Âtithigva, Kutsa, and Âyu,– bring to him the Soma."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवो॒ यन्न॑रः का॒मया॑ध्वे श्रु॒ष्टी वह॑न्तो नशथा॒ तदिन्द्रे॑ गभ॑स्तिपूतं भरत श्रु॒तायेन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमं॑ यज्यवो जुहोत
"Ministers, men, whatever thing ye long for obtain ye quickly bringing gifts to Indra. Bring to the Glorious One what bands have cleansed; to Indra bring, ye pious ones, the Soma."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवः॒ कर्त॑ना श्रु॒ष्टिम॑स्मै॒ वने॒ निपू॑तं॒ वन॒ उन्न॑यध्वम् जु॒षा॒णो हस्त्य॑म॒भि वा॑वशे व॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमं॑ मदि॒रं जु॑होत
"Do ye, O ministers, obey his order: that purified in wood, in wood uplift ye. Well pleased he longs for what your hands have tended: offer the gladdening Soma juice to Indra."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवः॒ पय॒सोध॒र्यथा॒ गोः सोमे॑भिरीं पृणता भो॒जमिन्द्र॑म् वेदा॒हम॑स्य॒ निभृ॑तं म ए॒तद्दित्स॑न्तं॒ भूयो॑ यज॒तश्चि॑केत
"As the cow's udder teems with milk, Adhvaryus, so fill with Soma Indra, liberal giver. I know him: I am sure of this, the Holy knows that I fain would give to him more largely."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 11
Verse 11 of 12
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अध्व॑र्यवो॒ यो दि॒व्यस्य॒ वस्वो॒ यः पार्थि॑वस्य॒ क्षम्य॑स्य॒ राजा॑ तमूर्द॑रं॒ न पृ॑णता॒ यवे॒नेन्द्रं॒ सोमे॑भि॒स्तदपो॑ वो अस्तु
"Him, ministers, the Lord of heavenly treasure and all terrestrial wealth that earth possesses, Him, Indra, fill with Soma as a garner is filled with barley full: be this your labour."
Mandala 2, Hymn 14, Verse 12
Verse 12 of 12
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अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ तद्व॑सो दा॒नाय॒ राधः॒ सम॑र्थयस्व ब॒हु ते॑ वस॒व्य॑म् इन्द्र॒ यच्चि॒त्रं श्र॑व॒स्या अनु॒ द्यून्बृ॒हद्व॑देम वि॒दथे॑ सु॒वीराः॑
"Prepare thyself to grant us that great booty, O Vasu, for abundant is thy treasure. Gather up wondrous wealth, O Indra, daily. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly."