Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 16
RV 9 16.1
प्र ते सोतार ओण्यो३ रसम् मदाय घृष्वये । सर्गो न तक्त्य् एतशः
pra te sotāra oṇyo3 rasam madāya ghṛṣvaye | sargo na takty etaśaḥ
Your pressers (drive) forth the sap from the two arms (of the press), for the exhilarating rapture; like a released (torrent) the dappled steed speeds on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
THE pressers from the Soma-press send forth thy juice for rapturous joy The speckled sap runs like a flood.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 16.2
क्रत्वा दक्षस्य रथ्यम् अपो वसानम् अन्धसा । गोषाम् अण्वेषु सश्चिम
kratvā dakṣasya rathyam apo vasānam andhasā | goṣām aṇveṣu saścima
Him who by (his) resolve is the charioteer of skill, clothing himself in the waters with (his) juice, the winner of cows — (him) we have attended among the fine (filter-hairs).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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With strength we follow through the sieve him who brings might and wins the kine, Enrobed in water with his juice.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 16.3
अनप्तम् अप्सु दुष्टरꣳ सोमम् पवित्र आ सृज । पुनीहीन्द्राय पातवे
anaptam apsu duṣṭaraṁ somam pavitra ā sṛja | punīhīndrāya pātave
Pour into the filter the Soma that is unwetted amid the waters, hard to surpass; purify (it) for Indra to drink.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Pour on the sieve the Soma, ne'er subdued in waters, waterless, And make it pure for Indra's drink.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 16.4
प्र पुनानस्य चेतसा सोमः पवित्रे अर्षति । क्रत्वा सधस्थम् आसदत्
pra punānasya cetasā somaḥ pavitre arṣati | kratvā sadhastham āsadat
By the insight of him who is being purified, the Soma flows forward into the filter; by (its) power (of will) it has taken its seat in the common abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Moved by the purifier's thought, the Soma flows into the sieve: By wisdom it hath gained its home.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 16.5
प्र त्वा नमोभिर् इन्दव इन्द्र सोमा असृक्षत । महे भराय कारिणः
pra tvā namobhir indava indra somā asṛkṣata | mahe bharāya kāriṇaḥ
Toward you, Indra, the drops, the soma-juices, have been set flowing with acts of homage, active for the great winning (of spoil).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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With humble homage, Indra, have the Soma-drops flowed forth to thee, Contending for the glorious prize.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 16.6
पुनानो रूपे अव्यये विश्वा अर्षन्न् अभि श्रियः । शूरो न गोषु तिष्ठति
punāno rūpe avyaye viśvā arṣann abhi śriyaḥ | śūro na goṣu tiṣṭhati
Being purified in the woollen form (of the filter), flowing toward all splendours, he stands among the cows like a hero.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Purified in his fleecy garb, attaining every beauty, he Stands, hero-like, amid the kine.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 16.7
दिवो न सानु पिप्युषी धारा सुतस्य वेधसः । वृथा पवित्रे अर्षति
divo na sānu pipyuṣī dhārā sutasya vedhasaḥ | vṛthā pavitre arṣati
Swelling like the height of heaven, the stream of the pressed (juice) of the ordainer flows at will into the filter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Swelling, as 'twere, to heights of heaven, the stream of the creative juice Falls lightly on the cleansing sieve.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 16.8
त्वꣳ सोम विपश्चितꣳ तना पुनान आयुषु । अव्यो वारꣳ वि धावसि
tvaṁ soma vipaścitaṁ tanā punāna āyuṣu | avyo vāraṁ vi dhāvasi
You, Soma, being purified continuously among the peoples, run through the sheep's fleece as the inspired one (of wisdom).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thus, Soma, purifying himwho knoweth song mid living men, Thou wanderest through the cloth of wool.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)