Indra Somaṃ Piba | इन्द्र सोमं पिब

इन्द्र सोमं पिब त्वं हि
सर्वसोमरसैर्युतम् ।
महाबल महावीरा
शत्रून् जहि महोजसा ॥

सुतं सोमं प्रवाहन्तु
हर्षाय तव शूरिणे ।
इन्द्राय सोममर्चन्तु
वीराय बलशालिने ॥

मत्स्व सोमस्य धाराभिः
स्तोमैर्हर्षितैरिन्द्र ।
विश्वचर्षणे महावीर
सर्वेषु सवनेषु नः ॥

असृज्महि वयं वाचः
प्रति त्वामुदहासत ।
वृषभं वीरपतिं त्वां
हृदा वाचा हुवेमहि ॥

सं चोदय राधोऽस्माकं
चित्रं भद्रं वरेण्यम् ।
विभुं प्रभुं महावीरं
नः सदा सन्निधिं कुरु ॥

अस्मान् राये नियच्छेन्द्र
रभस्वतो यशस्वतः ।
तुविद्युम्न महाबाहो
धने वीर्ये च वर्धय ॥

गोमद् वाजवदस्मभ्यं
पृथु श्रवो बृहद्दधे ।
विश्वायुर्देहि नः शश्वद्
अक्षयं तेज एव च ॥

अस्मे धेहि श्रवो बृहद्
द्युम्नं सहस्रसातमम् ।
रथिनीः शुभदा इषः
इन्द्र नः सदा वह ॥

वसूनामिन्द्र वसुपते
गीर्भिस्त्वां हुवेमहि ।
ऋग्मियं शूरमूतये
होमेन त्वामुपेमहि ॥

सुते सुते त्वमिन्द्रे
न्योकसे बृहदर्चिषे ।
बृहदिन्द्राय शूषं हि
गायामो बलवर्धनम् ॥

Meaning & Word forms

इन्द्र सोमं पिब त्वं हि

सर्वसोमरसैर्युतम् ।
महाबल महावीरा
शत्रून् जहि महोजसा ॥

Word Forms

• इन्द्र — vocative singular of इन्द्र — O Indra
• सोमम् — accusative singular of सोम — Soma
• पिब — √पा, 2nd person singular imperative — drink
• त्वम् — nominative singular — you
• हि — indeed, surely
• सर्वसोमरसैः — instrumental plural — with all Soma-juices / Soma essences
• युतम् — accusative singular — joined with, endowed with
• महाबल — vocative singular — O greatly powerful one
• महावीरा — vocative singular — O great hero
• शत्रून् — accusative plural — enemies
• जहि — √हन्, 2nd person singular imperative — strike down, overcome
• महोजसा — instrumental singular — with great force / mighty energy

Literal Meaning

O Indra, drink Soma indeed, united with all the Soma-juices.
O greatly powerful one, O great hero, overcome the enemies with mighty force.

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सुतं सोमं प्रवाहन्तु

हर्षाय तव शूरिणे ।
इन्द्राय सोममर्चन्तु
वीराय बलशालिने ॥

Word Forms

• सुतम् — accusative singular — pressed-out / extracted
• सोमम् — accusative singular — Soma
• प्रवाहन्तु — pra-√वह्, 3rd person plural imperative — let them carry/flow forth
• हर्षाय — dative singular — for joy, exhilaration
• तव — genitive singular — of you / your
• शूरिणे — dative singular — for the heroic one
• इन्द्राय — dative singular — for Indra
• सोमम् — accusative singular — Soma
• अर्चन्तु — √अर्च्, 3rd person plural imperative — let them honour / offer praise to
• वीराय — dative singular — for the hero
• बलशालिने — dative singular — possessing strength, powerful

Literal Meaning

Let the pressed Soma flow forth for your joy, for the heroic one.
Let them honour Soma for Indra, for the powerful hero.

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मत्स्व सोमस्य धाराभिः

स्तोमैर्हर्षितैरिन्द्र ।
विश्वचर्षणे महावीर
सर्वेषु सवनेषु नः ॥

Word Forms

• मत्स्व — √मद्, 2nd person singular middle imperative — rejoice, exhilarate yourself
• सोमस्य — genitive singular — of Soma
• धाराभिः — instrumental plural — with the streams/flows
• स्तोमैः — instrumental plural — with praises, hymns
• हर्षितैः — instrumental plural — joyful, exhilarated
• इन्द्र — vocative singular — O Indra
• विश्वचर्षणे — vocative singular — O one encompassing/observing all peoples or beings
• महावीर — vocative singular — O great hero
• सर्वेषु — locative plural — in all
• सवनेषु — locative plural — Soma pressings / Soma-sacrifice occasions
• नः — genitive/dative — of us / for us

Literal Meaning

Exhilarate yourself with the streams of Soma,
with joyful praises, O Indra.
O universal one, O great hero,
in all our Soma pressings.

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असृज्महि वयं वाचः

प्रति त्वामुदहासत ।
वृषभं वीरपतिं त्वां
हृदा वाचा हुवेमहि ॥

Word Forms

• असृज्महि — √सृज्, 1st person plural — we have sent forth / released
• वयम् — nominative plural — we
• वाचः — accusative plural — words, utterances, speech
• प्रति — toward, unto
• त्वाम् — accusative singular — you
• उदहासत — form connected with उद् + √हस् — literally “laughed/smiled forth”; grammatically problematic as written with वयम्
• वृषभम् — accusative singular — bull; figuratively, mighty/powerful one
• वीरपतिम् — accusative singular — lord of heroes
• त्वाम् — accusative singular — you
• हृदा — instrumental singular — with the heart
• वाचा — instrumental singular — with speech
• हुवेमहि — √हु, 1st person plural middle optative — may we invoke / we invoke

Literal Meaning

We have sent forth words toward you.
[— the second line is grammatically uncertain as written —]
You, the mighty one, lord of heroes,
with the heart and with speech we invoke.

Note: प्रति त्वामुदहासत needs correction if we want this poem to be strictly grammatical Sanskrit. I would not force an artificial translation onto it.

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संचोदय राधोऽस्माकं

चित्रं भद्रं वरेण्यम् ।
विभुं प्रभुं महावीरं
नः सदा सन्निधिं कुरु ॥

Word Forms

• संचोदय — causative of √चुद्, 2nd person singular imperative — impel, set in motion, stimulate
• राधः — accusative singular — wealth, favour, attainment, prosperity
• अस्माकम् — genitive plural — our / of us
• चित्रम् — accusative singular — splendid, wondrous
• भद्रम् — accusative singular — auspicious, good, beneficial
• वरेण्यम् — accusative singular — excellent, desirable, worthy of choosing
• विभुम् — accusative singular — expansive, all-pervading
• प्रभुम् — accusative singular — mighty lord, master
• महावीरम् — accusative singular — great hero
• नः — dative — for us
• सदा — always
• सन्निधिम् — accusative singular — presence, nearness
• कुरु — √कृ, 2nd person singular imperative — make, establish

Literal Meaning

Set in motion our wealth and attainments,
splendid, auspicious and excellent.
Make the all-pervading, mighty, great hero
ever-present for us.

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अस्मान् राये नियच्छेन्द्र

रभस्वतो यशस्वतः ।
तुविद्युम्न महाबाहो
धने वीर्ये च वर्धय ॥

Word Forms

• अस्मान् — accusative plural — us
• राये — dative singular — for wealth / toward prosperity
• नियच्छ — नि + √यम्, 2nd person singular imperative — direct, guide, lead
• इन्द्र — vocative singular — O Indra
• रभस्वतः — genitive singular — energetic, vigorous
• यशस्वतः — genitive singular — glorious, renowned
• तुविद्युम्न — vocative singular — O one of abundant splendour/glory
• महाबाहो — vocative singular — O great-armed one
• धने — locative singular — in wealth
• वीर्ये — locative singular — in heroic power, valour
• च — and
• वर्धय — causative of √वृध्, 2nd person singular imperative — increase, cause to grow

Literal Meaning

O Indra, lead us toward wealth,
[as] energetic and glorious ones.
O abundantly radiant one, O great-armed one,
increase us in wealth and heroic power.

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गोमद् वाजवदस्मभ्यं

पृथु श्रवो बृहद्दधे ।
विश्वायुर्देहि नः शश्वद्
अक्षयं तेज एव च ॥

Word Forms

• गोमद् — गोमत्, accusative singular neuter — possessing go, rich in go
• वाजवत् — accusative singular neuter — possessing vāja, rich in strength/resources
• अस्मभ्यम् — dative plural — for us
• पृथु — broad, abundant, extensive
• श्रवः — accusative singular — fame, renown, glory
• बृहत् — great, vast
• दधे — √धा, 1st person singular middle — I place / establish
• विश्वायुः — accusative singular — enduring/all-encompassing life
• देहि — √दा, 2nd person singular imperative — give
• नः — dative — to us
• शश्वत् — perpetually, continually
• अक्षयम् — accusative singular — imperishable, undiminishing
• तेजः — accusative singular — radiance, brilliance, power
• एव — indeed
• च — and

Literal Meaning

[Give] to us wealth rich in go and vāja,
broad and great renown.
Give us enduring life,
and imperishable radiance as well.

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अस्मे धेहि श्रवो बृहद्

द्युम्नं सहस्रसातमम् ।
रथिनीः शुभदा इषः
इन्द्र नः सदा वह ॥

Word Forms

• अस्मे — dative Vedic form — for us / in us
• धेहि — √धा, 2nd person singular imperative — place, establish, bestow
• श्रवः — accusative singular — fame, renown, glory
• बृहत् — great, vast
• द्युम्नम् — accusative singular — splendour, glory, power
• सहस्रसातमम् — accusative singular — bringing abundant/thousandfold gain
• रथिनीः — feminine plural — possessing chariots / chariot-bearing
• शुभदाः — feminine plural — bestowing good, auspicious
• इषः — feminine plural — nourishment, sustenance, desirable goods
• इन्द्र — vocative singular — O Indra
• नः — dative — for us / to us
• सदा — always
• वह — √वह्, 2nd person singular imperative — carry, bring, convey

Literal Meaning

Bestow upon us great renown,
splendour bringing abundant gain.
[Bring] chariot-bearing, auspicious nourishment/gifts;
O Indra, always bring [them] to us.

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वसूनामिन्द्र वसुपते

गीर्भिस्त्वां हुवेमहि ।
ऋग्मियं शूरमूतये
होमेन त्वामुपेमहि ॥

Word Forms

• वसूनाम् — genitive plural — of riches / precious things; also the Vasus
• इन्द्र — vocative singular — O Indra
• वसुपते — vocative singular — O lord of riches
• गीर्भिः — instrumental plural — with words, praises, utterances
• त्वाम् — accusative singular — you
• हुवेमहि — √हु, 1st person plural middle optative — may we invoke / we invoke
• ऋग्मियम् — accusative singular — hymn-worthy / connected with the ṛc
• शूरम् — accusative singular — hero, heroic one
• ऊतये — dative singular — for aid, protection, assistance
• होमेन — instrumental singular — with offering / oblation
• त्वाम् — accusative singular — you
• उपेमहि — उप + √इ, 1st person plural — we approach / draw near to

Literal Meaning

O Indra, lord of riches,
we invoke you with our words.
The hymn-worthy hero, for aid,
with offering we approach you.

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सुते सुते त्वमिन्द्रे

न्योकसे बृहदर्चिषे ।
बृहदिन्द्राय शूषं हि
गायामो बलवर्धनम् ॥

Word Forms

• सुते सुते — locative repetition — at each Soma pressing / in each pressing
• त्वम् — nominative singular — you
• इन्द्रे — locative singular — in Indra / in the Indra context
• न्योकसे — Vedic form related to नि + √वस् — you dwell/abide within
• बृहदर्चिषे — dative/locative form — for/of the greatly radiant one
• बृहत् — great, vast
• इन्द्राय — dative singular — for Indra
• शूषम् — accusative singular — strength, might, vigorous power
• हि — indeed
• गायामः — √गा, 1st person plural present — we sing
• बलवर्धनम् — accusative singular — strength-increasing / that which increases strength

Literal Meaning

At each Soma pressing, you, Indra,
[abide/are established] for the greatly radiant one.
For great Indra, indeed,
we sing vigorous strength, the increaser of strength.