1.62.1
प्र म॑न्महे शवसा॒नाय॑ शू॒षमा॑ङ्गू॒षं गिर्व॑णसे अङ्गिर॒स्वत् |
सु॒वृ॒क्तिभि॑: स्तुव॒त ऋ॑ग्मि॒यायाऽर्चा॑मा॒र्कं नरे॒ विश्रु॑ताय ||
LIKE Aṅgiras a gladdening laud we ponder to him who loveth song, exceeding mighty. Let us sing glory to the far-famed Hero who must be praised with fair hymns by the singer.
Like the Aṅgirases we ponder a gladdening laud for the song-loving, exceedingly mighty one; let us sing glory to the far-famed Hero who must be praised with fair hymns by the singer.
Aṅgirasvat method: stuti as ancestral craft of the fire-seers. Girvaṇas Indra receives śūṣma and arkā—power and luminous hymn. Nodhas situates himself in Aṅgiras paramparā of finding light through song.
Learn creative methods from ancestral guilds of practice. Style inherited and renewed keeps excellence alive.
1.62.2
प्र वो॑ म॒हे महि॒ नमो॑ भरध्वमाङ्गू॒ष्यं॑ शवसा॒नाय॒ साम॑ |
येना॑ न॒: पूर्वे॑ पि॒तर॑: पद॒ज्ञा अर्च॑न्तो॒ अङ्गि॑रसो॒ गा अवि॑न्दन् ||
Unto the great bring ye great adoration, a chant with praise to him exceeding mighty, Through whom our sires, Aṅgirases, singing praises and knowing well the places, found the cattle.
Bring great homage to the great one—a chant of praise to the exceedingly mighty—through whom our ancient fathers, the Aṅgirases, singing and knowing the tracks, found the cattle.
Pitaraḥ Aṅgirasaḥ as padajña finding gāḥ is the Vala myth's pastoral heart: recovery of light-cows (rays, insights, prosperity) through arcan. Great namas answers great Indra who enabled ancestral discovery.
Honor the forces and mentors that helped earlier generations recover what was lost. Track-knowledge plus courage still finds 'cattle'—resources, truth, livelihood.
1.62.3
इन्द्र॒स्याङ्गि॑रसां चे॒ष्टौ वि॒दत् स॒रमा॒ तन॑याय धा॒सिम् |
बृह॒स्पति॑र्भि॒नदद्रिं॑ वि॒दद् गाः समु॒स्रिया॑भिर्वावशन्त॒ नर॑: ||
When Indra and the Aṅgirases desired it, Saramā found provision for her offspring. Bṛhaspati cleft the mountain, found the cattle: the heroes shouted with the kine in triumph.
When Indra and the Aṅgirases desired it, Saramā found provision for her offspring; Bṛhaspati split the mountain and found the cows; the heroes shouted with the kine in triumph.
Saramā—divine pathfinding bitch—locates dhāsi for progeny; Bṛhaspati as brahmaṇaspati cleaves adri for gāḥ. Collaborative myth of Indra, Aṅgirases, Bṛhaspati, and Saramā teaches that vāk, mantra, and tracking instinct together liberate withheld light.
Complex recoveries need diverse allies—scout, strategist, speaker, muscle. Celebrate joint success loudly to bind the team.
1.62.4
स सु॒ष्टुभा॒ स स्तु॒भा स॒प्त विप्रै॑: स्व॒रेणाद्रिं॑ स्व॒र्यो॒ ३ नव॑ग्वैः |
स॒र॒ण्युभि॑: फलि॒गमि॑न्द्र शक्र व॒लं रवे॑ण दरयो॒ दश॑ग्वैः ||
Mid shout, loud shout, and roar, with the Navagvas, seven singers, hast thou, heavenly, rent the mountain; Thou hast, with speeders, with Daśagvas, Indra, Śakra, with thunder rent obstructive Vala.
With shout and roar, with the Navagvas and seven singers, you, heavenly one, rent the mountain; with the speeding Daśagvas, Śakra, you shattered obstructive Vala with thunder-cry.
Navagva and Daśagva Aṅgiras cohorts with sapta vipra: structured sacred companionship in Vala-bheda. Vala as enclosure of light yields to svara and rava—sound as liberating force. Śakra's deed is communal, not solitary ego-myth.
Coordinated groups with clear rhythm can crack 'impossible' enclosures. Shared voice is a technology of change.
1.62.5
गृ॒णा॒नो अङ्गि॑रोभिर्दस्म॒ वि व॑रु॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ गोभि॒रन्ध॑: |
वि भूम्या॑ अप्रथय इन्द्र॒ सानु॑ दि॒वो रज॒ उप॑रमस्तभायः ||
Praised by Aṅgirases, thou, foe-destroyer, hast, with the Dawn, Sun, rays, dispelled the darkness. Thou Indra, hast spread out the earth's high ridges, and firmly fixed the region under heaven.
Praised by the Aṅgirases, foe-destroyer, you with Dawn, Sun, and rays dispelled the darkness; you spread earth's high ridges, Indra, and firmly fixed the region beneath heaven.
Indra with Uṣas, Sūrya, and go-rays dispels andhas—cosmic and inner darkness. Spreading bhūmi's sānu and fixing rajas under dyaus repeats cosmogonic ordering after Vala victory—liberation must be stabilized as world-structure.
After breakthroughs, stabilize terrain—processes, habitats, norms—so light does not collapse back into chaos.
1.62.6
तदु॒ प्रय॑क्षतममस्य॒ कर्म॑ द॒स्मस्य॒ चारु॑तममस्ति॒ दंस॑: |
उ॒प॒ह्व॒रे यदुप॑रा॒ अपि॑न्व॒न् मध्व॑र्णसो न॒द्य १ श्चत॑स्रः ||
This is the deed most worthy of all honour, the fairest marvel of the Wonder-Worker, That, nigh where heaven bends down, he made four rivers flow full with waves that carry down sweet water.
This is his most honorable deed, the Wonder-Worker's fairest marvel: that near where heaven bends down he made four rivers flow full with waves that carry sweet water.
Catasraḥ nadyaḥ with madhu-wave: Indra as hydrological blessing near upahvara of heaven. Carutamaṃ daṃsas frames ecological generosity as supreme wonder—Sanātana valuation of sweet flowing waters as divine art.
The highest 'wonder-work' may be ensuring clean water flow. Civilizational greatness is measured in living rivers, not only monuments.
1.62.7
द्वि॒ता वि व॑व्रे स॒नजा॒ सनी॑ळे अ॒यास्य॒: स्तव॑मानेभिर॒र्कैः |
भगो॒ न मेने॑ पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्नधा॑रय॒द् रोद॑सी सु॒दंसा॑: ||
Unwearied, won with lauding hymns, he parted of old the ancient Pair, united ever. In highest sky like Bhaga, he the doer of marvels set both Dames and earth and heaven.
Unwearied, won by lauding hymns, he parted of old the ancient Pair forever united; in highest sky like Bhaga, the marvel-doer set both Ladies—earth and heaven.
Sanajā sanīḷe rodasī parted yet held in ṛta by Ayāsya Indra. Bhaga-like placement in parama vyoman links Indra to distributive fortune. Cosmic marriage of earth-sky ordered by hymn-won power.
Healthy differentiation within unity—roles, boundaries, day/night rhythms—prevents fusion chaos while preserving relationship.
1.62.8
स॒नाद् दिवं॒ परि॒ भूमा॒ विरू॑पे पुन॒र्भुवा॑ युव॒ती स्वेभि॒रेवै॑: |
कृ॒ष्णेभि॑र॒क्तोषा रुश॑द्भि॒र्वपु॑र्भि॒रा च॑रतो अ॒न्यान्या॑ ||
Still born afresh, young Dames, each in her manner, unlike in hue, the Pair in alternation Round heaven and earth from ancient time have travelled, Night with her dark limbs, Dawn with limbs of splendour.
Still born anew, young women unlike in color, the Pair have traveled from ancient time around heaven and earth by turns—Night with dark limbs, Dawn with limbs of splendour.
Naktā-Uṣas as virūpe yuvatī regenerating (punarbhuvā)—eternal alternation of tamas and jyotis. Anya-anyā carataḥ teaches cyclical cosmology foundational to kāla-dharma and sandhyā practice.
Honor circadian and seasonal alternation. Forcing perpetual 'day' (always-on culture) violates the sisters' ancient law.
1.62.9
सने॑मि स॒ख्यं स्व॑प॒स्यमा॑नः सू॒नुर्दा॑धार॒ शव॑सा सु॒दंसा॑: |
आ॒मासु॑ चिद् दधिषे प॒क्वम॒न्तः पय॑: कृ॒ष्णासु॒ रुश॒द् रोहि॑णीषु ||
Rich in good actions, skilled in operation, the Son with might maintains his perfect friendship. Thou in the raw cows, black of hue or ruddy, storest the ripe milk glossy white in colour.
Rich in good deeds, skilled in work, the Son with might maintains perfect friendship; in the raw cows, black or ruddy, you store ripe glossy-white milk within.
Paradox of pakva payas in āma go—mature milk in 'raw' cows—is famous mystical image: ripe wisdom appearing within unfinished forms; or solar milk within dark/red cloud-cows. Sūnū holding sakhya: Indra's loyal friendship sustained by śavas and sudansas.
Look for matured gifts inside unfinished situations. Loyalty and skill draw 'white milk' from raw potential.
1.62.10
स॒नात् सनी॑ळा अ॒वनी॑रवा॒ता व्र॒ता र॑क्षन्ते अ॒मृता॒: सहो॑भिः |
पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॒ जन॑यो॒ न पत्नी॑र्दुव॒स्यन्ति॒ स्वसा॑रो॒ अह्र॑याणम् ||
Their paths, of old connected, rest uninjured; they with great might preserve the immortal statutes. For many thousand holy works the Sisters wait on the haughty Lord like wives and matrons.
Their connected ancient paths remain unharmed; with great might the immortals guard the statutes. For many thousand holy works the Sisters wait on the haughty Lord like wives and matrons.
Amṛtāḥ protect vratā with sahaḥ; sanāt paths of the waters/dawns stay avāta. Svasāraḥ serving Indra for purū sahasrā holy works image ordered feminine cosmic powers attending ṛta's champion—service as cosmic liturgy, not subjugation ideology.
Protect inherited ethical paths and ecological corridors. Many quiet supporting roles make visible leadership possible—honor them.
1.62.11
स॒ना॒युवो॒ नम॑सा॒ नव्यो॑ अ॒र्कैर्व॑सू॒यवो॑ म॒तयो॑ दस्म दद्रुः |
पतिं॒ न पत्नी॑रुश॒तीरु॒शन्तं॑ स्पृ॒शन्ति॑ त्वा शवसावन् मनी॒षाः ||
Thoughts ancient, seeking wealth, with adoration, with newest lauds have sped to thee, O Mighty. As yearning wives cleave to their yearning husband, so cleave our hymns to thee, O Lord most potent.
Ancient thoughts seeking wealth, with homage and newest lauds, have sped to you, O Mighty; as yearning wives cleave to a yearning husband, so our hymns cleave to you, most potent Lord.
Sanāyu and vasūyu mati with navya arka—old longing in new form. Patnī-pati simile for hymns clinging to Indra is Vedic intimacy of vāk and Deva. Uśatīḥ / uśantam: mutual desire of praise and praised.
Let enduring needs speak through fresh language. Mutual commitment—cause and community wanting each other—sustains movements.
1.62.12
स॒नादे॒व तव॒ रायो॒ गभ॑स्तौ॒ न क्षीय॑न्ते॒ नोप॑ दस्यन्ति दस्म |
द्यु॒माँ अ॑सि॒ क्रतु॑माँ इन्द्र॒ धीर॒: शिक्षा॑ शचीव॒स्तव॑ न॒: शची॑भिः ||
Strong God, the riches which thy hands have holden from days of old have perished not nor wasted. Splendid art thou, O Indra, wise, unbending: strengthen us with might, O Lord of Power.
From of old the riches your hands have held have neither perished nor wasted, O Wonderful; you are bright, will-strong, and wise, Indra—strengthen us with your powers, Lord of might.
Indra's rāyaḥ in gabhasti never kṣīyante—imperishable divine wealth of ṛta. Dyumān, kratumān, dhīraḥ: luminosity, sacred will, and wisdom triad. Śikṣā with śacībhiḥ: teach/strengthen us through Indra's faculties—prayer for capacity transfer.
Seek forms of wealth that do not decay—character, ecological capital, shared knowledge. Ask mentors to transmit capability, not only outcomes.
1.62.13
स॒ना॒य॒ते गोत॑म इन्द्र॒ नव्य॒मत॑क्ष॒द् ब्रह्म॑ हरि॒योज॑नाय |
सु॒नी॒थाय॑ नः शवसान नो॒धाः प्रा॒तर्म॒क्षू धि॒याव॑सुर्जगम्यात् ||
O mighty Indra, Gotama's son Nodhas hath fashioned this new prayer to thee Eternal, Sure leader, yoker of the Tawny Coursers. May he, enriched with prayer, come soon and early.
For you, mighty Indra, Gotama's son Nodhas has fashioned this new sacred hymn, O Eternal—sure leader, yoker of the tawny coursers. May he enriched with prayer come soon and early.
Explicit authorship: Nodhas Gotama crafts navya brahman for sanāyat Indra. Sunītha and hariyojana titles close the Vala-cycle hymn with dawn-āśīṣ continuity across Nodhas's Indra series.
Sign your craft and renew tradition deliberately. New work for enduring values, timed with daily renewal, keeps culture alive.