Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 23

RV 9 23.1

सोमा असृग्रम् आशवो मधोर् मदस्य धारया । अभि विश्वानि काव्या

somā asṛgram āśavo madhor madasya dhārayā | abhi viśvāni kāvyā

The swift somas have been let loose with a stream of sweet intoxication, toward all the poetic skills.

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RV 9 23.2

अनु प्रत्नास आयवः पदꣳ नवीयो अक्रमुः । रुचे जनन्त सूर्यम्

anu pratnāsa āyavaḥ padaṁ navīyo akramuḥ | ruce jananta sūryam

The ancient Āyus followed, they stepped to the newer place; they begot the sun for shining.

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RV 9 23.3

आ पवमान नो भरार्यो अदाशुषो गयम् । कृधि प्रजावतीर् इषः

ā pavamāna no bharāryo adāśuṣo gayam | kṛdhi prajāvatīr iṣaḥ

Bring to us, O Pavamāna, the household of the stranger who does not offer; make our nourishments rich in offspring.

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RV 9 23.4

अभि सोमास आयवः पवन्ते मद्यम् मदम् । अभि कोशम् मधुश्चुतम्

abhi somāsa āyavaḥ pavante madyam madam | abhi kośam madhuścutam

The soma (drops), the Āyus, flow clear toward the intoxicating rapture, toward the vat dripping with sweetness.

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RV 9 23.5

सोमो अर्षति धर्णसिर् दधान इन्द्रियꣳ रसम् । सुवीरो अभिशस्तिपाः

somo arṣati dharṇasir dadhāna indriyaṁ rasam | suvīro abhiśastipāḥ

Soma flows, the sustaining one, bearing the Indra-like sap, rich in heroes, warding off curses.

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RV 9 23.6

इन्द्राय सोम पवसे देवेभ्यः सधमाद्यः । इन्दो वाजꣳ सिषाससि

indrāya soma pavase devebhyaḥ sadhamādyaḥ | indo vājaṁ siṣāsasi

For Indra, Soma, you flow clear, for the gods, as a fellow-reveller; O drop, you seek to win the prize.

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RV 9 23.7

अस्य पीत्वा मदानाम् इन्द्रो वृत्राण्य् अप्रति । जघान जघनच् च नु

asya pītvā madānām indro vṛtrāṇy aprati | jaghāna jaghanac ca nu

Having drunk of these intoxications of his, Indra smote the Vṛtras irresistibly — and will smite them yet.

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