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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 5

RV 9 5.1

समिद्धो विश्वतस् पतिः पवमानो वि राजति । प्रीणन् वृषा कनिक्रदत्

samiddho viśvatas patiḥ pavamāno vi rājati | prīṇan vṛṣā kanikradat

Kindled, lord on all sides, the Pavamāna shines forth—the bull, gladdening, roaring loud.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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ENKINDLED, Pavamâna, Lord, sends forth his light on, every side In friendly show, the bellowing Bull.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.2

तनूनपात् पवमानः शृङ्गे शिशानो अर्षति । अन्तरिक्षेण रारजत्

tanūnapāt pavamānaḥ śṛṅge śiśāno arṣati | antarikṣeṇa rārajat

Tanūnapāt, the Pavamāna, flows on, sharpening his horns, gleaming through the midspace.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He, Pavamâna, Self-produced, speeds onward sharpening his horns: He glitters through the firmament.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.3

ईऴेन्यः पवमानो रयिर् वि राजति द्युमान् । मधोर् धाराभिर् ओजसा

īḻenyaḥ pavamāno rayir vi rājati dyumān | madhor dhārābhir ojasā

To be invoked, the Pavamāna, (himself) wealth, shines forth brilliantly with the streams of sweetness, with power.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Brilliant like wealth, adorable, with splendour Pavamâna shines, Mightily with the streams of meath.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.4

बर्हिः प्राचीनम् ओजसा पवमानः स्तृणन् हरिः । देवेषु देव ईयते

barhiḥ prācīnam ojasā pavamānaḥ stṛṇan hariḥ | deveṣu deva īyate

The Pavamāna, the tawny one, strewing with power the barhis turned eastward, moves as a god among the gods.

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The tawny Pavamâna, who strews from of old the grass with might, Is worshipped, God amid the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.5

उद् आतैर् जिहते बृहद् द्वारो देवीर् हिरण्ययीः । पवमानेन सुष्टुताः

ud ātair jihate bṛhad dvāro devīr hiraṇyayīḥ | pavamānena suṣṭutāḥ

Upward with their frames the doors open wide, the golden goddesses, well praised by the Pavamāna.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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The golden, the Celestial Doors are lifted with their frames on high, By Pavamâna glorified.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.6

सुशिल्पे बृहती मही पवमानो वृषण्यति । नक्तोषासा न दर्शते

suśilpe bṛhatī mahī pavamāno vṛṣaṇyati | naktoṣāsā na darśate

The two of fair craft, lofty, great — Pavamāna plays the bull — Night and Dawn, (they two) lovely to look upon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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With passion Pavamâna longs for the great lofty pair, well-formed Like beauteous maidens, Night and Dawn

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.7

उभा देवा नृचक्षसा होतारा दैव्या हुवे । पवमान इन्द्रो वृषा

ubhā devā nṛcakṣasā hotārā daivyā huve | pavamāna indro vṛṣā

Both gods with the gaze of men, the two divine hotṛs, I call — Pavamāna, Indra the bull.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Both Gods who look on men I call, Celestial Heralds: Indra's Self Is Pavamâna, yea, the Bull.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.8

भारती पवमानस्य सरस्वतीऴा मही । इमꣳ नो यज्ञम् आ गमन् तिस्रो देवीः सुपेशसः

bhāratī pavamānasya sarasvatīḻā mahī | imaṁ no yajñam ā gaman tisro devīḥ supeśasaḥ

Bhāratī of Pavamāna, Sarasvatī, Iḷā, Mahī — may they come to this sacrifice of ours, the three goddesses of fair adornment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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This, Pavamâna's sacrifice, shall the three beauteous Goddesses, Sarasvatî and Bhâratî and Iḷâ, Mighty One, attend.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.9

त्वष्टारम् अग्रजाꣳ गोपाम् पुरोयावानम् आ हुवे । इन्दुर् इन्द्रो वृषा हरिः पवमानः प्रजापतिः

tvaṣṭāram agrajāṁ gopām puroyāvānam ā huve | indur indro vṛṣā hariḥ pavamānaḥ prajāpatiḥ

Tvaṣṭar, the first-born, the herdsman, the one who goes in front, I call — the drop, Indra, the bull, the tawny one, Pavamāna, Prajāpati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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I summon Tvashṭar hither, our protector, champion, earliest-born, Indu is Indra, tawny Steer; Pavamâna is Prajâpati.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.10

वनस्पतिम् पवमान मध्वा सम् अङ्ग्धि धारया । सहस्रवल्शꣳ हरितम् भ्राजमानꣳ हिरण्ययम्

vanaspatim pavamāna madhvā sam aṅgdhi dhārayā | sahasravalśaṁ haritam bhrājamānaṁ hiraṇyayam

O Pavamāna, anoint the tree with the honeyed stream — (the tree) with a thousand shoots, green, shining, golden.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Pavamâna, with the meath in streams anoint Vanaspati, The ever-green. the golden-hued, refulgent, with a thousand boughs.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 5.11

विश्वे देवाः स्वाहाकृतिम् पवमानस्या गत । वायुर् बृहस्पतिः सूर्यो ऽग्निर् इन्द्रः सजोषसः

viśve devāḥ svāhākṛtim pavamānasyā gata | vāyur bṛhaspatiḥ sūryo 'gnir indraḥ sajoṣasaḥ

All you gods, come to the svāhā-offering of Pavamāna — Vāyu, Bṛhaspati, Sūrya, Agni, Indra, of one accord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Come to the consecrating rite of Pavamâna, all ye Gods,– Vâyu, Sûrya, Br̥ihaspati, Indra, and Agni, in accord.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)