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Rig Veda · 342 of 1027
Mandala 4: HYMN XLVI. Vāyu. Indra-Vāyu
1.DRINK the best draught of Soma-juice, O Vāyu, at our holy rites: For thou art he who drinketh first.
2.Come, team-drawn, with thy hundred helps, with Indra, seated in the car, Vāyu, and drink your fill of juice.
3.May steeds a thousand bring you both, Indra. and Vāyu, hitherward To drink the Soma, to the feast.
4.For ye, O Indra-Vāyu, mount the golden-seated car that aids The sacrifice, that reaches heaven.
5.On far-refulgent chariot come unto the man who offers gifts: Come, Indra-Vāyu, hitherward.
6.Here, Indra-Vāyu, is the juice: drink it, accordant with the Gods, Within the giver’s dwelling-place.
7.Hither, O Indra-Vāyu, be your journey here unyoke your steeds, Here for your draught of Soma juice.
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Why does the hymn address Indra-Vāyu together and invite them to drink Soma?
The hymn calls Indra-Vāyu as a paired power because this rite honors their combined action: they arrive in a golden-seated chariot, aided by a team and “a hundred helps,” and they share the sacrificial Soma. The couplet images—steeds, chariot, and the gift placed “within the giver’s dwelling-place”—frame them as cooperative gods who both empower the feast and accept its offering.
The text stages the ritual as a summons and a gift: the worshipper invites them “to drink your fill of juice” and to “unyoke your steeds” at the altar, which enacts reciprocal presence and blessing. This pairing resembles other Vedic hymns where Indra and Vāyu act together; compare Rig Veda Mandala 1 hymns that unite storm and wind deities in the sacrificial scene.
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