1.139.1
अस्तु॒ श्रौष॑ट् पु॒रो अ॒ग्निं धि॒या द॑ध॒ आ नु तच्छर्धो॑ दि॒व्यं वृ॑णीमह इन्द्रवा॒यू वृ॑णीमहे |
यद्ध॑ क्रा॒णा वि॒वस्व॑ति॒ नाभा॑ सं॒दायि॒ नव्य॑सी |
अध॒ प्र सू न॒ उप॑ यन्तु धी॒तयो॑ दे॒वाँ अच्छा॒ न धी॒तय॑: ||
HEARD be our prayer! In thought I honour Agni first: now straightway we elect this heavenly company, Indra and Vāyu we elect. For when our latest thought is raised and on Vivasvān centred well, Then may our holy songs go forward on their way, our songs as ’twere unto the Gods.
Let our prayer be heard! In thought I honor Agni first; we elect this heavenly company—Indra and Vayu; when our latest thought centers well on Vivasvan, may our holy songs go forward to the Gods.
Mānasa-pūjā sequence: Agni first, then Indra-Vāyu election, thought fixed on Vivasvān (solar progenitor of ritual lineage). Songs advancing on their way describes mantra as motion in subtle space toward Deva-loka.
Order your focus: spark (attention), drive+breath, then solar clarity of purpose. From that center, communication reaches the right audiences.
1.139.2
यद्ध॒ त्यन्मि॑त्रावरुणावृ॒तादध्या॑द॒दाथे॒ अनृ॑तं॒ स्वेन॑ म॒न्युना॒ दक्ष॑स्य॒ स्वेन॑ म॒न्युना॑ |
यु॒वोरि॒त्थाधि॒ सद्म॒स्वप॑श्याम हिर॒ण्यय॑म् |
धी॒भिश्च॒न मन॑सा॒ स्वेभि॑र॒क्षभि॒: सोम॑स्य॒ स्वेभि॑र॒क्षभि॑: ||
As there ye, Mitra, Varuṇa, above the true have taken to yourselves the untrue with your mind, with wisdom's mental energy, So in the seats wherein ye dwell have we beheld the Golden One, Not with our thoughts or spirit, but with these our eyes, yea, with the eyes that Soma gives.
As you, Mitra-Varuna, have taken the untrue above the true into your mind with wisdom's energy, so in your seats we have beheld the Golden One—not with ordinary thought but with Soma-given eyes.
Profound epistemology: Ādityas metabolize anṛta in light of satya through medhā. Golden One (Hiranya/Sūrya-ātman) seen in their seats via Soma-cakṣus—purified perception beyond discursive mind. Hindu mysticism of divine sight.
Ethical intelligence metabolizes noise and spin. Peak insight often needs altered clarity—rest, art, meditation—'Soma eyes'—beyond ordinary rumination.
1.139.3
यु॒वां स्तोमे॑भिर्देव॒यन्तो॑ अश्विना ऽऽश्रा॒वय॑न्त इव॒ श्लोक॑मा॒यवो॑ यु॒वां ह॒व्याभ्या॒ ३ यव॑: |
यु॒वोर्विश्वा॒ अधि॒ श्रिय॒: पृक्ष॑श्च विश्ववेदसा |
प्रु॒षा॒यन्ते॑ वां प॒वयो॑ हिर॒ण्यये॒ रथे॑ दस्रा हिर॒ण्यये॑ ||
Aśvins, the pious call you with their hymns of praise, sounding their loud song forth to you, these living men, to their oblations, living men. All glories and all nourishment, Lords of all wealth! depend on you. The fellies of your golden chariot scatter drops, Mighty Ones! of your golden car.
Ashvins, the pious call you with loud living hymns to their oblations; all glories and nourishment depend on you, Lords of wealth; the fellies of your golden chariot scatter drops.
Nāsatyas as lords on whom yaśas and poṣa depend—healing twinship of worldly thriving. Golden chariot fellies scattering drops: dynamic mercy raining as they ride.
Invest in complementary partnerships that heal and provision. Momentum of good collaboration 'scatters drops' of benefit widely.
1.139.4
अचे॑ति दस्रा॒ व्यु १ नाक॑मृण्वथो यु॒ञ्जते॑ वां रथ॒युजो॒ दिवि॑ष्टिष्वध्व॒स्मानो॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु |
अधि॑ वां॒ स्थाम॑ व॒न्धुरे॒ रथे॑ दस्रा हिर॒ण्यये॑ |
प॒थेव॒ यन्ता॑वनु॒शास॑ता॒ रजो ऽञ्ज॑सा॒ शास॑ता॒ रज॑: ||
Well is it known, O Mighty Ones: ye open heaven; for you the chariot-steeds are yoked for morning rites, unswerving steeds for morning rites, We set you on the chariot-seat, ye Mighty, on the golden car. Ye seek mid-air as by a path that leads aright, as by a path that leads direct.
Well known, Mighty Ones: you open heaven; your unswerving chariot-steeds are yoked for morning rites; we seat you on the golden car as you seek mid-air by a path that leads aright.
Ashvins open Dyaus—access to higher possibility at prātaḥ-savana. Right path (sadhuyā) through antarikṣa is guided transit between earth and heaven. Seating them on the car is ritual installation of help.
Start days by opening 'heaven'—aspiration—and seating trusted helps on a clear path. Right process mid-journey matters as much as destination.
1.139.5
शची॑भिर्नः शचीवसू॒ दिवा॒ नक्तं॑ दशस्यतम् |
मा वां॑ रा॒तिरुप॑ दस॒त् कदा॑ च॒नास्मद्रा॒तिः कदा॑ च॒न ||
O Rich in Strength, through your great power vouchsafe us blessings day and night. The offerings which we bring to you shall never fail, gifts brought by us shall never fail.
O Rich in Strength, through your great power grant us blessings day and night; the offerings we bring shall never fail—gifts brought by us shall never fail.
Akṣīṇa haviṣ—unfailing offering—is continuity of dharma-practice day and night (ahorātra). Blessings requested across the full circadian round mirror Mitra-Varuṇa watchfulness.
Reliability is mutual. Ask for ongoing support while committing to non-abandonment of your side of the bargain.
1.139.6
वृष॑न्निन्द्र वृष॒पाणा॑स॒ इन्द॑व इ॒मे सु॒ता अद्रि॑षुतास उ॒द्भिद॒स्तुभ्यं॑ सु॒तास॑ उ॒द्भिद॑: |
ते त्वा॑ मन्दन्तु दा॒वने॑ म॒हे चि॒त्राय॒ राध॑से |
गी॒र्भिर्गि॑र्वाह॒: स्तव॑मान॒ आ ग॑हि सुमृळी॒को न॒ आ ग॑हि ||
These Soma-drops, strong Indra! drink for heroes, poured, pressed out by pressing-stones, are welling forth for thee, for thee the drops are welling forth. They shall make glad thy heart to give, to give wealth great and wonderful. Thou who acceptest praise come glorified by hymns, come thou to us benevolent.
Strong Indra, drink these hero-Somas pressed and welling for you; they gladden your heart to give great wonderful wealth; accept praise, come glorified by hymns, benevolent to us.
Indra's heart gladdened to dāna: joy precedes divine giving. Hero-Soma (vīra-pāna) matches Indra's courage-work. Benevolent approach (sumana) closes the loop of stuti and grace.
Motivate decision-makers with authentic appreciation and energizing context so generosity becomes joyful, not grudging.
1.139.8
ओ षू णो॑ अग्ने शृणुहि॒ त्वमी॑ळि॒तो दे॒वेभ्यो॑ ब्रवसि य॒ज्ञिये॑भ्यो॒ राज॑भ्यो य॒ज्ञिये॑भ्यः |
यद्ध॒ त्यामङ्गि॑रोभ्यो धे॒नुं दे॑वा॒ अद॑त्तन |
वि तां दु॑ह्रे अर्य॒मा क॒र्तरी॒ सचाँ॑ ए॒ष तां वे॑द मे॒ सचा॑ ॥
मो षु वो॑ अ॒स्मद॒भि तानि॒ पौंस्या॒ सना॑ भूवन्द्यु॒म्नानि॒ मोत जा॑रिषुर॒स्मत् पु॒रोत जा॑रिषुः |
यद् व॑श्चि॒त्रं यु॒गेयु॑गे॒ नव्यं॒ घोषा॒दम॑र्त्यम् |
अ॒स्मासु॒ तन्म॑रुतो॒ यच्च॑ दु॒ष्टरं॑ दिधृ॒ता यच्च॑ दु॒ष्टर॑म् ||
Quickly, O Agni, hear us: magnified by us thou shalt speck for us to the Gods adorable yea, to the Kings adorable: When, O ye Deities, ye gave that Milch-cow to the Aṅgirases, They milked her: Aryaman, joined with them, did the work: he knoweth her as well as I.
Quickly, Agni, hear us—magnified, speak for us to the adorable Gods and Kings; when you Deities gave that Milch-cow to the Angirases, they milked her—Aryaman joined the work, and he knows her as I do.
Agni as divine advocate (hotṛ) speaking to Rājan-devas. Milch-cow of the Aṅgirases is the inexhaustible inspiration/ritual power milked by seers; Aryaman's participation ties custom to mystic wealth. Shared knowledge ('knows her as I') is paramparā intimacy.
Use trusted advocates. Institutional memory of 'how we milked abundance before'—plus honorable process (Aryaman)—keeps sacred resources productive.
1.139.9
द॒ध्यङ् ह॑ मे ज॒नुषं॒ पूर्वो॒ अङ्गि॑राः प्रि॒यमे॑ध॒: कण्वो॒ अत्रि॒र्मनु॑र्विदु॒स्ते मे॒ पूर्वे॒ मनु॑र्विदुः |
तेषां॑ दे॒वेष्वाय॑तिर॒स्माकं॒ तेषु॒ नाभ॑यः |
तेषां॑ प॒देन॒ मह्या न॑मे गि॒रेन्द्रा॒ग्नी आ न॑मे गि॒रा ||
Ne’er may these manly deeds of yours for us grow old, never may your bright glories fall into decay, never before our time decay. What deed of yours, new every age, wondrous, surpassing man, rings forth, Whatever, Maruts! may be difficult to gain, grant us, whate’er is hard to gain.
Never may your manly deeds grow old for us, nor your bright glories decay before our time; whatever wondrous deed of yours rings new each age, Maruts—grant us whatever is hard to gain.
Ajara vīrya—unaging divine deeds ever new per yuga. Maruts grant durlabha (hard-to-gain) goods: breakthroughs beyond ordinary reach. Hymn refuses premature decay of inspiration.
Refuse cultural amnesia. Ask for difficult breakthroughs while keeping alive the memory of courage that makes them imaginable.
1.139.10
होता॑ यक्षद् व॒निनो॑ वन्त॒ वार्यं॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र्यजति वे॒न उ॒क्षभि॑: पुरु॒वारे॑भिरु॒क्षभि॑: |
ज॒गृ॒भ्मा दू॒रआ॑दिशं॒ श्लोक॒मद्रे॒रध॒ त्मना॑ |
अधा॑रयदर॒रिन्दा॑नि सु॒क्रतु॑: पु॒रू सद्मा॑नि सु॒क्रतु॑: ||
Dadhyac of old, Aṅgiras, Priyamedha these, and Kaṇva, Atri, Manu knew my birth, yea, those of ancient days and Manu knew. Their long line stretcheth to the Gods, our birth-connexions are with them. To these, for their high station, I bow down with song, to Indra, Agni, bow with song.
Dadhyac, Angiras, Priyamedha, Kanva, Atri, and Manu of old knew my birth—our long line stretches to the Gods; to these for their high station I bow with song—to Indra and Agni bow with song.
Genealogy of knowing: the ṛṣi claims continuity with foundational knowers and Manu. Birth-connections (janma-bandhu) to the Devas via seer-line is Hindu sacral anthropology. Dual namas to Indra-Agni seals will and fire.
Honor lineage—intellectual, familial, professional. Knowing whose shoulders you stand on stabilizes identity and directs gratitude.
1.139.11
ये दे॑वासो दि॒व्येका॑दश॒ स्थ पृ॑थि॒व्यामध्येका॑दश॒ स्थ |
अ॒प्सु॒क्षितो॑ महि॒नैका॑दश॒ स्थ ते दे॑वासो य॒ज्ञमि॒मं जु॑षध्वम् ||
Let the Invoker bless: let offerers bring choice gifts; Bṛhaspati the Friend doth sacrifice with Steers, Steers that have many an excellence. Now with our ears we catch the sound of the press-stone that rings afar. The very Strong hath gained the waters by himself, the strong gained many a resting-place.
Let the Invoker bless; let offerers bring choice gifts; Brihaspati the Friend sacrifices with excellent Steers; with our ears we catch the distant press-stone; the Very Strong has gained the waters and many resting-places by himself.
Bṛhaspati as Friend (sakhā) sacrificing with bulls: guru-power and sacred speech conducting potency. Hearing the far grindstone is śravaṇa of ongoing yajña. Indra Alone winning waters and rest-places is self-sufficient cosmic achievement inviting human participation.
Listen for distant signals of real work underway. Align with mentors of articulate wisdom; build on foundations already won rather than denying prior achievement.