DharmaPragya
Mandala 2, Hymn 41
Containing 21 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 21
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वायो॒ ये ते॑ सह॒स्रिणो॒ रथा॑स॒स्तेभि॒रा ग॑हि नि॒युत्वा॒न्त्सोम॑पीतये
"O Vâyu, come to us with all the thousand chariots that are thine, Team-borne, to drink the Soma juice."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 21
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नि॒युत्वा॑न्वाय॒वा ग॑ह्य॒यं शु॒क्रो अ॑यामि ते गन्ता॑सि सुन्व॒तो गृ॒हम्
"Drawn by thy team, O Vâyu, come; to thee is offered this, the pure. Thou visitest the presser's house."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 21
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शु॒क्रस्या॒द्य गवा॑शिर॒ इन्द्र॑वायू नि॒युत्व॑तः आ या॑तं॒ पिब॑तं नरा
"Indra and Vâyu, drawn by teams, ye Heroes, come today and drink. Of the bright juice when blent with milk."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 21
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अ॒यं वां॑ मित्रावरुणा सु॒तः सोम॑ ऋतावृधा ममेदि॒ह श्रु॑तं॒ हव॑म्
"This Soma hath been shed for you, Lawstrengtheners, Mitra-Varuṇa! Listen ye here to this my call."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 21
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राजा॑ना॒वन॑भिद्रुहा ध्रु॒वे सद॑स्युत्त॒मे स॒हस्र॑स्थूण आसाते
"Both Kings who never injure aught seat them in their supremest home, The thousand-pillared, firmly-based."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 21
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ता स॒म्राजा॑ घृ॒तासु॑ती आदि॒त्या दानु॑न॒स्पती॑ सचे॑ते॒ अन॑वह्वरम्
"Fed with oblation, Sovran Kings, Âdityas, Lords of liberal gifts. They wait on him whose life is true."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 21
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गोम॑दू॒ षु ना॑स॒त्याश्वा॑वद्यातमश्विना व॒र्ती रु॑द्रा नृ॒पाय्य॑म्
"With kine, Nâsatyas, and with steeds, come, Aṣvins, Rudras, to the house That will protect its heroes well;"
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 21
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न यत्परो॒ नान्त॑र आद॒धर्ष॑द्वृषण्वसू दुः॒शंसो॒ मर्त्यो॑ रि॒पुः
"Such, wealthy Gods! as none afar nor standing nigh to us may harm, Yea, no malicious mortal foe."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 21
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ता न॒ आ वो॑ळ्हमश्विना र॒यिं पि॒शङ्ग॑संदृशम् धिष्ण्या॑ वरिवो॒विद॑म्
"As such, O longed-far Aṣvins, lead us on to wealth of varied sort, Wealth that shall bring us room and rest."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 21
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इन्द्रो॑ अ॒ङ्ग म॒हद्भ॒यम॒भी षदप॑ चुच्यवत् स हि स्थि॒रो विच॑र्षणिः
"Verily Indra, conquering all, driveth e'en mighty fear away, For firm is he and swift to act."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 11
Verse 11 of 21
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इन्द्र॑श्च मृ॒ळया॑ति नो॒ न नः॑ प॒श्चाद॒घं न॑शत् भ॒द्रं भ॑वाति नः पु॒रः
"Indra be gracious unto us: sin shall not reach us afterward, And good shall be before us still."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 12
Verse 12 of 21
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इन्द्र॒ आशा॑भ्य॒स्परि॒ सर्वा॑भ्यो॒ अभ॑यं करत् जेता॒ शत्रू॒न्विच॑र्षणिः
"From all the regions of the world let Indra send security, The foe-subduer, swift to act."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 13
Verse 13 of 21
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विश्वे॑ देवास॒ आ ग॑त शृणु॒ता म॑ इ॒मं हव॑म् एदं ब॒र्हिर्नि षी॑दत
"O all ye Gods, come hitherward: hear this mine invocation, seat Yourselves upon this sacred grass."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 14
Verse 14 of 21
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ती॒व्रो वो॒ मधु॑माँ अ॒यं शु॒नहो॑त्रेषु मत्स॒रः ए॒तं पि॑बत॒ काम्य॑म्
"Among the Ṣunahotras strong for you is this sweet gladdening draught. Drink ye of this delightsome juice."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 15
Verse 15 of 21
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इन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठा॒ मरु॑द्गणा॒ देवा॑सः॒ पूष॑रातयः विश्वे॒ मम॑ श्रुता॒ हव॑म्
"Ye Martus led by Indra, Gods with Pri§an for your bounteousest, Hear all of you this call of mine."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 16
Verse 16 of 21
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अम्बि॑तमे॒ नदी॑तमे॒ देवि॑तमे॒ सर॑स्वति अ॒प्र॒श॒स्ता इ॑व स्मसि॒ प्रश॑स्तिमम्ब नस्कृधि
"Best Mother, best of Rivers, best of Goddesses, Sarasvatî, We are, as 'twere, of no repute and dear Mother, give thou us renown."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 17
Verse 17 of 21
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त्वे विश्वा॑ सरस्वति श्रि॒तायूं॑षि दे॒व्याम् शु॒नहो॑त्रेषु मत्स्व प्र॒जां दे॑वि दिदिड्ढि नः
"In thee, Sarasvatî, divine, all generations have their stay. Be, glad with Ṣunahotra's sons: O Goddess grant us progeny."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 18
Verse 18 of 21
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इ॒मा ब्रह्म॑ सरस्वति जु॒षस्व॑ वाजिनीवति या ते॒ मन्म॑ गृत्सम॒दा ऋ॑तावरि प्रि॒या दे॒वेषु॒ जुह्व॑ति
"Enriched with sacrifice, accept Sarasvatî, these prayers of ours, Thoughts which Gr̥itsamadas beloved of Gods bring, Holy One,to thee."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 19
Verse 19 of 21
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प्रेतां॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑ श॒म्भुवा॑ यु॒वामिदा वृ॑णीमहे अ॒ग्निं च॑ हव्य॒वाह॑नम्
"Ye who bless sacrifice, go forth, for verily we choose you both, And Agni who conveys our gifts."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 20
Verse 20 of 21
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द्यावा॑ नः पृथि॒वी इ॒मं सि॒ध्रम॒द्य दि॑वि॒स्पृश॑म् य॒ज्ञं दे॒वेषु॑ यच्छताम्
"This our.effectual sacrifice, reaching the sky, shall Heaven and Earth Present unto the Gods to-day."
Mandala 2, Hymn 41, Verse 21
Verse 21 of 21
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आ वा॑मु॒पस्थ॑मद्रुहा दे॒वाः सी॑दन्तु य॒ज्ञियाः॑ इ॒हाद्य सोम॑पीतये
"In both your laps, ye guileless Ones, the Holy Gods shall sit them down To-day to drink the Soma here."