Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 107
RV 9 107.1
परीतो षिञ्चता सुतꣳ सोमो य उत्तमꣳ हविः । दधन्वाꣳ यो नर्यो अप्स्व् अ१न्तर् आ सुषाव सोमम् अद्रिभिः
parīto ṣiñcatā sutaṁ somo ya uttamaṁ haviḥ | dadhanvām̐ yo naryo apsv a1ntar ā suṣāva somam adribhiḥ
Pour out from here the pressed (juice)—Soma, who is the highest oblation, who, running, is manly in the waters; he has pressed the Soma with the stones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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HENCE sprinkle forth the juice effused,. Soma, the best of sacred gifts, Who, friend of man, hath run amid the water-streams. He hath pressed Soma out with stones.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.2
नूनम् पुनानो ऽविभिः परि स्रवादब्धः सुरभिꣳतरः । सुते चित् त्वाप्सु मदामो अन्धसा श्रीणन्तो गोभिर् उत्तरम्
nūnam punāno 'vibhiḥ pari sravādabdhaḥ surabhiṁtaraḥ | sute cit tvāpsu madāmo andhasā śrīṇanto gobhir uttaram
Now, being purified through the sheep's (hairs), flow around, undeceivable, the more fragrant one. Even when you are pressed, we exhilarate you in the waters with the plant-juice, mixing (you) with the cows' (milk) to be higher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Now, being purified, flow hither through the fleece inviolate and most odorous. We ladden thee in waters when thou art effused, blending thee still with juice and milk.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.3
परि सुवानश् चक्षसे देवमादनः क्रतुर् इन्दुर् विचक्षणः
pari suvānaś cakṣase devamādanaḥ kratur indur vicakṣaṇaḥ
Being pressed all around to look upon (us), the god-exhilarating one, the resolve (kratu), the drop, the far-seeing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Pressed out for all to see, delighting Gods, Indu, Far-sighted One, is mental power.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.4
पुनानः सोम धारयापो वसानो अर्षसि । आ रत्नधा योनिम् ऋतस्य सीदस्य् उत्सो देव हिरण्ययः
punānaḥ soma dhārayāpo vasāno arṣasi | ā ratnadhā yonim ṛtasya sīdasy utso deva hiraṇyayaḥ
Purifying yourself, Soma, with your stream, clothing yourself in the waters, you flow. Bestower of treasure, you sit down in the womb of ṛta, a golden spring, O god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Cleansing thee, Soma, in thy stream, thou flowest in a watery robe: Giver of wealth, thou sittest in the place of Law, O God, a fountain made of gold.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.5
दुहान ऊधर् दिव्यम् मधु प्रियम् प्रत्नꣳ सधस्थम् आसदत् । आपृच्छ्यꣳ धरुणꣳ वाज्य् अर्षति नृभिर् धूतो विचक्षणः
duhāna ūdhar divyam madhu priyam pratnaṁ sadhastham āsadat | āpṛcchyaṁ dharuṇaṁ vājy arṣati nṛbhir dhūto vicakṣaṇaḥ
Milking the heavenly udder, the dear honey, he has sat down in the ancient seat. The prize-winner flows to the support that is to be asked after, shaken by the men, the far-seeing one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Milking the heavenly udder for dear meath, he hath sat in the ancient gatheringplace. Washed by the men, the Strong Farseeing One streams forth nutriti us food that all desire.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.6
पुनानः सोम जागृविर् अव्यो वारे परि प्रियः । त्वꣳ विप्रो अभवो ऽङ्गिरस्तमो मध्वा यज्ञम् मिमिक्ष नः
punānaḥ soma jāgṛvir avyo vāre pari priyaḥ | tvaṁ vipro abhavo 'ṅgirastamo madhvā yajñam mimikṣa naḥ
Purifying yourself, Soma, wakeful in the sheep's fleece, the dear one—you became the inspired poet, most Aṅgiras-like; drench our sacrifice with honey.
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O Soma, while they cleanse thee, dear and watchful in the sheep's long wool, Thou hast become a Singer most like Angiras: thou madest Sûrya mount to heaven.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.7
सोमो मीढ्वान् पवते गातुवित्तम ऋषिर् विप्रो विचक्षणः । त्वꣳ कविर् अभवो देववीतम आ सूर्यꣳ रोहयो दिवि
somo mīḍhvān pavate gātuvittama ṛṣir vipro vicakṣaṇaḥ | tvaṁ kavir abhavo devavītama ā sūryaṁ rohayo divi
Soma the bountiful purifies himself, best finder of the way, a ṛṣi, inspired, far-seeing. You became the seer most attracting the gods; you made the sun mount in heaven.
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Bountiful, best of furtherers, Soma floweth on, R̥ishi and Singer, keen of sight. Thou hast become a Sage most welcome to the Gods: thou madest Sûrya mount to heaven.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.8
सोम उ षुवाणः सोतृभिर् अधि ष्णुभिर् अवीनाम् । अश्वयेव हरिता याति धारया मन्द्रया याति धारया
soma u ṣuvāṇaḥ sotṛbhir adhi ṣṇubhir avīnām | aśvayeva haritā yāti dhārayā mandrayā yāti dhārayā
And Soma, pressed by the pressers, upon the ridges of the sheep('s fleece)—like a mare he goes with his golden stream, he goes with his gladdening stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Pressed out by pressers, Soma goes over the fleecy backs of sheep, Goes, even as with a mare, in tawnycoloured stream, goes in exhilarating stream.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.9
अनूपे गोमान् गोभिर् अक्षाः सोमो दुग्धाभिर् अक्षाः । समुद्रꣳ न सꣳवरणान्य् अग्मन् मन्दी मदाय तोशते
anūpe gomān gobhir akṣāḥ somo dugdhābhir akṣāḥ | samudraṁ na saṁvaraṇāny agman mandī madāya tośate
In the watery place, rich in cows, he has flowed with the cows (=milk); Soma has flowed with the milkings. As into the sea, they have gone into the enclosures; the gladdening one gushes for the exhilaration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Down to the water-Soma, rich in kine hath flowed with cows, with cows that have been milked. They have approached the mixing-vessel as a sea: the cheerer streams for the carouse.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.10
आ सोम सुवानो अद्रिभिस् तिरो वाराण्य् अव्यया । जनो न पुरि चम्वोर् विशद् धरिः सदो वनेषु दधिषे
ā soma suvāno adribhis tiro vārāṇy avyayā | jano na puri camvor viśad dhariḥ sado vaneṣu dadhiṣe
Pressed, O Soma, by the stones, across the woollen fleeces—like a man into a stronghold the tawny one has entered the two cups; you have set your seat in the wooden (vessels).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Effused by stones, O Soma, and urged through the long wool of the sheep, Thou, entering the saucers as a man the fort, gold-hued hast settled in the wood.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.11
स मामृजे तिरो अण्वानि मेष्यो मीऴ्हे सप्तिर् न वाजयुः । अनुमाद्यः पवमानो मनीषिभिः सोमो विप्रेभिर् ऋक्वभिः
sa māmṛje tiro aṇvāni meṣyo mīḻhe saptir na vājayuḥ | anumādyaḥ pavamāno manīṣibhiḥ somo viprebhir ṛkvabhiḥ
He has been burnished across the fine (filter-hairs) of the ewe, like a team-horse seeking the prize in the contest—Pavamāna, to be hailed with joy by the thoughtful ones, Soma by the inspired singers of verses.
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He beautifies himself through the sheep's long fine wool, like an impetuous steed in war, Even Soma Pavamâna who shall be the joy of sages and of holy bards.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.12
प्र सोम देववीतये सिन्धुर् न पिप्ये अर्णसा । अꣳशोः पयसा मदिरो न जागृविर् अच्छा कोशम् मधुश्चुतम्
pra soma devavītaye sindhur na pipye arṇasā | aṁśoḥ payasā madiro na jāgṛvir acchā kośam madhuścutam
Forth, Soma, for the gods' feasting, he has swelled like a river with its flood; with the milk of the stalk, like an intoxicating drink, wakeful, (he goes) toward the honey-dripping vat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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O Soma,– for the feast of Gods, river-like he hath swelled with surge, With the stalk's juice, exhilarating, resting not, into the vat that drops with meath.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.13
आ हर्यतो अर्जुने अत्के अव्यत प्रियः सूनुर् न मर्ज्यः । तम् ईꣳ हिन्वन्त्य् अपसो यथा रथꣳ नदीष्व् आ गभस्त्योः
ā haryato arjune atke avyata priyaḥ sūnur na marjyaḥ | tam īṁ hinvanty apaso yathā rathaṁ nadīṣv ā gabhastyoḥ
The delightful one has wrapped himself in a shining garment, to be groomed like a dear son. Him the busy ones urge on as (they urge) a chariot, in the streams, between the two hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Like a dear son who must be decked, the Lovely One hath clad him in a shining robe. Men skilful at their work drive him forth, like a car, into the rivers from their bands.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.14
अभि सोमास आयवः पवन्ते मद्यम् मदम् । समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपि मनीषिणो मत्सरासः स्वर्विदः
abhi somāsa āyavaḥ pavante madyam madam | samudrasyādhi viṣṭapi manīṣiṇo matsarāsaḥ svarvidaḥ
The Soma-drops, the lively ones, purify themselves toward the intoxicating exhilaration, up on the surface of the sea—thoughtful, exhilarating, finders of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The living drops of Soma juice pour, as they flow, the gladdening drink, Intelligent drops above the basin of the sea, exhilarating, finding light.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.15
तरत् समुद्रम् पवमान ऊर्मिणा राजा देव ऋतम् बृहत् । अर्षन् मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धर्मणा प्र हिन्वान ऋतम् बृहत्
tarat samudram pavamāna ūrmiṇā rājā deva ṛtam bṛhat | arṣan mitrasya varuṇasya dharmaṇā pra hinvāna ṛtam bṛhat
Let Pavamāna cross the sea with his wave, the king, the god, the lofty ṛta; flowing by the ordinance of Mitra and Varuṇa, being urged forth, the lofty ṛta.
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May Pavamâna, King and God, speed with his wave over the sea the lofty rite: May he by Mitra's and by Varuṇa's decree flow furthering the lofty rite.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.16
नृभिर् येमानो हर्यतो विचक्षणो राजा देवः समुद्रियः
nṛbhir yemāno haryato vicakṣaṇo rājā devaḥ samudriyaḥ
Guided by the men, longed for, far-seeing, the king, the god, belonging to the sea.
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Far-seeing, lovely, guided by the men, the God whose home is in the sea-
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.17
इन्द्राय पवते मदः सोमो मरुत्वते सुतः । सहस्रधारो अत्य् अव्यम् अर्षति तम् ई मृजन्त्य् आयवः
indrāya pavate madaḥ somo marutvate sutaḥ | sahasradhāro aty avyam arṣati tam ī mṛjanty āyavaḥ
The intoxicating draught flows clear for Indra, the Soma pressed for him who is accompanied by the Maruts. With a thousand streams he runs across the sheep's fleece; the Āyus burnish him.
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Soma, the gladdening juice, flows pressed for Indra with his Marut host: He hastens o'er the fleece with all his thousand streams: men make him bright and beautiful.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.18
पुनानश् चमू जनयन् मतिꣳ कविः सोमो देवेषु रण्यति । अपो वसानः परि गोभिर् उत्तरः सीदन् वनेष्व् अव्यत
punānaś camū janayan matiṁ kaviḥ somo deveṣu raṇyati | apo vasānaḥ pari gobhir uttaraḥ sīdan vaneṣv avyata
Being purified in the two cups, engendering thought, the sage Soma takes joy among the gods. Clothing himself in the waters, (flowing) around, the higher one, settling in the wooden vessels, has wrapped himself with the cows' (milk).
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Purified in the bowl and gendering the hymn, wise Soma joys among the Gods. Robed in the flood, the Mighty One hath clad himself with milk and settled in the vats.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.19
तवाहꣳ सोम रारण सख्य इन्दो दिवे-दिवे । पुरूणि बभ्रो नि चरन्ति माम् अव परिधीꣳर् अति ताꣳ इहि
tavāhaṁ soma rāraṇa sakhya indo dive-dive | purūṇi babhro ni caranti mām ava paridhīm̐r ati tām̐ ihi
In your friendship, O Soma, I have taken delight, O Indu, day after day. Many (troubles) beset me, O brown one: help (me), come across those barriers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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O Soma, Indu, every day thy friendship hath been my delight. Many fiends follow me; help me, thou Tawny-hued; pass on beyond these barriers.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.20
उताहꣳ नक्तम् उत सोम ते दिवा सख्याय बभ्र ऊधनि । घृणा तपन्तम् अति सूर्यम् परः शकुना इव पप्तिम
utāhaṁ naktam uta soma te divā sakhyāya babhra ūdhani | ghṛṇā tapantam ati sūryam paraḥ śakunā iva paptima
And I, by night and also by day, O Soma, for friendship (with you), O brown one, at the udder — we have flown beyond the sun that burns with its heat, like birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Close to thy bosom am I, Soma, day and night. O Tawny-hued, for friendship sake. Sûrya himself refulgent with his glow have we o'ertaken in his course like birds.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.21
मृज्यमानः सुहस्त्य समुद्रे वाचम् इन्वसि । रयिम् पिशङ्गम् बहुलम् पुरुस्पृहम् पवमानाभ्य् अर्षसि
mṛjyamānaḥ suhastya samudre vācam invasi | rayim piśaṅgam bahulam puruspṛham pavamānābhy arṣasi
Being burnished, O deft-handed one, you send forth your voice into the sea; O Pavamāna, you flow toward wealth, tawny, abundant, much desired.
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Deft-handcd! thou when purified liftest thy voice amid the sea. Thou, Pavamâna, makest riches flow to us, yellow, abundant, much-desifed.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.22
मृजानो वारे पवमानो अव्यये वृषाव चक्रदो वने । देवानाꣳ सोम पवमान निष्कृतꣳ गोभिर् अञ्जानो अर्षसि
mṛjāno vāre pavamāno avyaye vṛṣāva cakrado vane | devānāṁ soma pavamāna niṣkṛtaṁ gobhir añjāno arṣasi
Burnished in the sheep's fleece, flowing clear, you have bellowed down like a bull in the wooden vessel. O Soma Pavamāna, anointed with the cows' (milk), you flow to the appointed place of the gods.
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Making thee pure and bright in the sheep's long wool, thou hast bellowed, steerlike, in the wood. Thou flowest, Soma Pavamâna, balmed with milk unto the special place of Gods.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.23
पवस्व वाजसातये ऽभि विश्वानि काव्या । त्वꣳ समुद्रम् प्रथमो वि धारयो देवेभ्यः सोम मत्सरः
pavasva vājasātaye 'bhi viśvāni kāvyā | tvaṁ samudram prathamo vi dhārayo devebhyaḥ soma matsaraḥ
Flow clear for the winning of the prize, (flow) over all poetic skills. You first spread out the sea for the gods, O Soma, the exhilarating one.
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Flow on to win us strength, flow on to lofty lore of every kind. Thou, Soma, as Exhilarator wast the first to spread the sea abroad for Gods.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.24
स तू पवस्व परि पार्थिवꣳ रजो दिव्या च सोम धर्मभिः । त्वाꣳ विप्रासो मतिभिर् विचक्षण शुभ्रꣳ हिन्वन्ति धीतिभिः
sa tū pavasva pari pārthivaṁ rajo divyā ca soma dharmabhiḥ | tvāṁ viprāso matibhir vicakṣaṇa śubhraṁ hinvanti dhītibhiḥ
So flow clear now around the earthly realm and the heavenly, O Soma, by your ordinances. You the inspired ones speed on with their thoughts, O far-seeing, gleaming one, with their reflections.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Flow to the realm of earth, flow to the realm of heaven, O Soma, in thy righteous ways. Fair art thou whom the sages, O Far-seeing One, urge onward with their songs and hymns.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.25
पवमाना असृक्षत पवित्रम् अति धारया । मरुत्वन्तो मत्सरा इन्द्रिया हया मेधाम् अभि प्रयाꣳसि च
pavamānā asṛkṣata pavitram ati dhārayā | marutvanto matsarā indriyā hayā medhām abhi prayāṁsi ca
The clear-flowing (juices) have been poured out in a stream across the filter — accompanied by the Maruts, intoxicating, belonging to Indra, (swift as) steeds — toward the offering and toward the viands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Over the cleansing sieve have flowed the Pavamânas in a stream, Girt by the Maruts, gladdening, Steeds with Indra's stiength, for wisdom and for dainty food.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 107.26
अपो वसानः परि कोशम् अर्षतीन्दुर् हियानः सोतृभिः । जनयञ् ज्योतिर् मन्दना अवीवशद् गाः कृण्वानो न निर्णिजम्
apo vasānaḥ pari kośam arṣatīndur hiyānaḥ sotṛbhiḥ | janayañ jyotir mandanā avīvaśad gāḥ kṛṇvāno na nirṇijam
Clothing himself in the waters, the drop flows around the vat, sped on by the pressers; engendering light, with his gladdening (streams) he has made the cows bellow, as if making himself a festal garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Urged onward by the pressers, clad in watery robes, Indu is speeding to the vat. He gendering light, hath made the glad Cows low, while he takes them as his garb of state.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)