अहं सोममाहनसं बिभर्म्यहं त्वष्टारमुत पूषणं भगम्। अहं दधामि द्रविणं हविष्मते सुप्राव्ये यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥ २ ॥
ahaṁ sōmamāhanasaṁ bibharmyahaṁ tvaṣṭāramuta pūṣaṇaṁ bhagam | ahaṁ dadhāmi draviṇaṁ haviṣmatē suprāvyē yajamānāya sunvatē || 2 ||
Translation
I uphold Soma, who strikes down the foe; I uphold Tvaṣṭṛ, Pūṣan and Bhaga. I give wealth to the one who brings offerings, the devoted sacrificer who presses the Soma.
Word by word
- sōmam āhanasam
- Soma, who strikes down (the foe)
- tvaṣṭāram
- Tvaṣṭṛ, the shaper
- uta pūṣaṇam bhagam
- and Pūṣan and Bhaga
- dadhāmi
- give, bestow
- draviṇam
- wealth
- haviṣmatē
- to the one who brings offerings
- suprāvyē
- devoted, zealous
- yajamānāya
- to the sacrificer
- sunvatē
- who presses the Soma
Meaning
The gods of the sacrifice are held up by her too: Soma, the shaper Tvaṣṭṛ, Pūṣan who guards the ways, Bhaga who apportions good fortune. And the fruit of the sacrifice is hers to give. The one who offers with devotion receives from her, not from the rite alone.