Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 88

RV 9 88.1

अयꣳ सोम इन्द्र तुभ्यꣳ सुन्वे तुभ्यम् पवते त्वम् अस्य पाहि । त्वꣳ ह यꣳ चकृषे त्वꣳ ववृष इन्दुम् मदाय युज्याय सोमम्

ayaṁ soma indra tubhyaṁ sunve tubhyam pavate tvam asya pāhi | tvaṁ ha yaṁ cakṛṣe tvaṁ vavṛṣa indum madāya yujyāya somam

This soma, Indra, is pressed for you; for you it purifies itself: drink of it. You indeed made him, you chose him — the drop, the soma, for the fitting exhilaration.

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RV 9 88.2

स ईꣳ रथो न भुरिषाऴ् अयोजि महः पुरूणि सातये वसूनि । आद् ईꣳ विश्वा नहुष्याणि जाता स्वर्षाता वन ऊर्ध्वा नवन्त

sa īṁ ratho na bhuriṣāḻ ayoji mahaḥ purūṇi sātaye vasūni | ād īṁ viśvā nahuṣyāṇi jātā svarṣātā vana ūrdhvā navanta

He has been yoked like a chariot that bears much, (to win) for the great one many goods for the gaining. Then all the creatures descended from Nahuṣa, upright, roared in the wood at the winning of the sun.

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RV 9 88.3

वायुर् न यो नियुत्वाꣳ इष्टयामा नासत्येव हव आ शम्भविष्ठः । विश्ववारो द्रविणोदा इव त्मन् पूषेव धीजवनो ऽसि सोम

vāyur na yo niyutvām̐ iṣṭayāmā nāsatyeva hava ā śambhaviṣṭhaḥ | viśvavāro draviṇodā iva tman pūṣeva dhījavano 'si soma

You who like Vāyu with his teams have swift courses, who like the Nāsatyas are most benign at the call, all-desirable, like the wealth-giver himself, like Pūṣan a speeder of thoughts — such are you, Soma.

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RV 9 88.4

इन्द्रो न यो महा कर्माणि चक्रिर् हन्ता वृत्राणाम् असि सोम पूर्भित् । पैद्वो न हि त्वम् अहिनाम्नाꣳ हन्ता विश्वस्यासि सोम दस्योः

indro na yo mahā karmāṇi cakrir hantā vṛtrāṇām asi soma pūrbhit | paidvo na hi tvam ahināmnāṁ hantā viśvasyāsi soma dasyoḥ

You who like Indra are a doer of great deeds, you are the slayer of obstructions, O Soma, the breaker of strongholds. For like Paidva's (steed) you are the slayer of those bearing the name of snake; you are the slayer of every Dasyu, O Soma.

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RV 9 88.5

अग्निर् न यो वन आ सृज्यमानो वृथा पाजाꣳसि कृणुते नदीषु । जनो न युध्वा महत उपब्दिर् इयर्ति सोमः पवमान ऊर्मिम्

agnir na yo vana ā sṛjyamāno vṛthā pājāṁsi kṛṇute nadīṣu | jano na yudhvā mahata upabdir iyarti somaḥ pavamāna ūrmim

Who, like Agni let loose into the wood, readily makes his shapes in the rivers; like a fighting man, (like) the tramp of a great (host), Soma while purifying himself stirs up his wave.

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RV 9 88.6

एते सोमा अति वाराण्य् अव्या दिव्या न कोशासो अभ्रवर्षाः । वृथा समुद्रꣳ सिन्धवो न नीचीः सुतासो अभि कलशाꣳ असृग्रन्

ete somā ati vārāṇy avyā divyā na kośāso abhravarṣāḥ | vṛthā samudraṁ sindhavo na nīcīḥ sutāso abhi kalaśām̐ asṛgran

These somas (go) past the sheep's hairs, like heavenly buckets raining from the clouds; readily, like rivers flowing downward to the sea, the pressed (juices) have been let loose toward the pitchers.

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RV 9 88.7

शुष्मी शर्धो न मारुतम् पवस्वानभिशस्ता दिव्या यथा विट् । आपो न मक्षू सुमतिर् भवा नः सहस्राप्साः पृतनाषाण् न यज्ञः

śuṣmī śardho na mārutam pavasvānabhiśastā divyā yathā viṭ | āpo na makṣū sumatir bhavā naḥ sahasrāpsāḥ pṛtanāṣāṇ na yajñaḥ

Purify yourself, impetuous one, like the Marut host, unreproached like a heavenly clan; be swiftly for us a good disposition, as the waters are, you of a thousand forms, like a battle-winning sacrifice.

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RV 9 88.8

राज्ञो नु ते वरुणस्य व्रतानि बृहद् गभीरꣳ तव सोम धाम । शुचिष् ट्वम् असि प्रियो न मित्रो दक्षाय्यो अर्यमेवासि सोम

rājño nu te varuṇasya vratāni bṛhad gabhīraṁ tava soma dhāma | śuciṣ ṭvam asi priyo na mitro dakṣāyyo aryamevāsi soma

Yours indeed are the ordinances of King Varuṇa; lofty and deep is your domain, Soma. You are pure, dear like Mitra, you are to be honoured for skill, like Aryaman, O Soma.

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