Tr. O Vayu and Indra, come to the perfected gift of the presser of Soma, soon with thought inclined, O Leaders!
vāyo indrasca both of you, Vayu and Indra ; sunvataḥ of him who is pressing out (of the Yaja-mana); nişkſtam fully accomplished (regarding what is to be offered to you); makşu soon, quickly; itthā thus or with the right (ready to receive what we are to give) dhiyā with intelligence (consciousness to bear) joined; upāyātam do come; narā leaders, O you Gods,—vocative.
itthā : it is to be taken as thus or as right, truth, according to the aptness or context. For both the uses are seen in the Veda.
niskặtam: purified Soma, says Sayana. The spot called vedi, altar, says Skandasvami. We say it is some product of the pressing of Soma carried out in completion. This would be clear on a deliberation on the purport of this sub-hymn.
Hence we proceed to speak in brief of the glory of the Grace of Indra and Vayu.
First, the Soma juices that are pressed out yearn for Indra and Vayu; hence their speedy acquisition is prayed for, when Vayu and Indra come knowing (the workings of the) flowing Soma. Vayu and Indra are the lords of life and mind. It means that the sap of immortal delight-denoted by the term Soma-flowing from the higher regions gets quarter in the nervous system full of life-strength, and in the mind full of sattva (enlightenment). vājini-vasū (full of plenitude and substance) is used to denote this plenitude and riches.
Some unusual activity ensues with the flow of this stream in the mind and life as a result of which there commences the play of the Consciousness of Immortality in the mortal. And it is this resultant action which is worked out fully that is said to be nişkſtam, fully accomplished. In the completion of this task there has to be the presence of Vayu and Indra who are co-partners in this. Hence they are prayed to, both of them, to come with a readiness of intelligence to accomplish the purpose. We have taken dhi in the general sense of buddhi. But in truth, its place is above the sense-mind, above the discriminating mind, but below the șta-cit, Truth-Consciousness; it is in between them. Here is the first use of dhi. The full use of it will be clear in the consideration of the purport of the third sub-hymn.
And this is the first Rik in the third sub-hymn to Mitra-Varuna :