Sanskrit Text
इन्द्रं या देवी सुभगा॑ जजान॑। सा न आगन्वर्च॑सा संविदाना। रथे॑ अक्षेषु॑ वृषभस्य वाजे। वाते॑ पर्जन्ये वरु॑णस्य शुष्मे। इन्द्रं या देवी सुभगा॑ जजान॑। सा न आगन्वर्च॑सा संविदाना। राड॑सि विराड॑सि। सम्राड॑सि स्वराड॑सि। इन्द्रा॑य त्वा तेज॑स्वते तेज॑स्वन्तं श्रीणामि। इन्द्रा॑य त्वौज॑स्वत ओज॑स्वन्तं श्रीणामि॥ 55 ॥
(Note: The provided XML text omits the anusvara (ṃ) in the accusative forms “तेज॑स्वन्त” and “ओज॑स्वन्त”. They have been normalized above to “तेज॑स्वन्तं” and “ओज॑स्वन्तं” for correct Sanskrit grammar. “त्वौज॑स्वत” is a sandhi combining “त्वा” and “ओज॑स्वते”.)
IAST Transliteration
indraṃ yā devī subhagā jajāna | sā na āgan varcasā saṃvidānā | rathe akṣeṣu vṛṣabhasya vāje | vāte parjanye varuṇasya śuṣme | indraṃ yā devī subhagā jajāna | sā na āgan varcasā saṃvidānā | rāḍ asi virāḍ asi | samrāḍ asi svarāḍ asi | indrāya tvā tejasvate tejasvantaṃ śrīṇāmi | indrāya tvaujasvate ojasvantaṃ śrīṇāmi || 55 ||
Word-by-Word Meaning
- इन्द्रम् (indram): Indra
- या देवी (yā devī): Which Goddess
- सुभगा (subhagā): Auspicious / fortunate
- जजान (jajāna): Gave birth to
- सा (sā): She
- नः (naḥ / na): To us
- आगन् (āgan): May she come
- वर्चसा (varcasā): With divine luster / splendor
- संविदाना (saṃvidānā): United with / bringing
- रथे (rathe): In the chariot
- अक्षेषु (akṣeṣu): In the dice (or chariot axles)
- वृषभस्य (vṛṣabhasya): Of the bull
- वाजे (vāje): In the vigor / powerful energy
- वाते (vāte): In the wind
- पर्जन्ये (parjanye): In the rain-cloud
- वरुणस्य (varuṇasya): Of Lord Varuna
- शुष्मे (śuṣme): In the forceful might
- राट् असि (rāḍ asi): You are the King / Ruler
- विराट् असि (virāḍ asi): You are the Sovereign Ruler (radiantly shining)
- सम्राट् असि (samrāḍ asi): You are the Supreme Emperor
- स्वराट् असि (svarāḍ asi): You are the Self-Luminous Lord / Independent Ruler
- इन्द्राय (indrāya): For Indra
- त्वा (tvā): You (referring to the water or oblation being consecrated)
- तेजस्वते (tejasvate): Who is full of brilliance / fire
- तेजस्वन्तम् (tejasvantam): (Made) full of brilliance
- श्रीणामि (śrīṇāmi): I prepare / mix / consecrate
- त्वौजस्वते (tvā + ojasvate): You, for (Indra) who is full of vitality / power
- ओजस्वन्तम् (ojasvantam): (Made) full of vitality
- श्रीणामि (śrīṇāmi): I prepare / consecrate
Summary Meaning
(Completing the thought from verse 54): “…may that auspicious Goddess who gave birth to Indra come to us, uniting us with that very splendor.
The brilliance found in the chariot, in the rolling dice, in the mighty vigor of the bull, in the wind, in the thundering rain-cloud, and in the overwhelming force of Varuna—may that auspicious Goddess who gave birth to Indra come to us, uniting us with that very splendor.
You are the Ruler! You are the Sovereign! You are the Supreme Emperor! You are the Self-Luminous Lord!
For Indra, who is full of brilliant fire, I consecrate you [the oblation] to be full of brilliance. For Indra, who is full of vital power, I consecrate you to be full of vital power.”