Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 96

RV 9 96.1

प्र सेनानीः शूरो अग्रे रथानाꣳ गव्यन्न् एति हर्षते अस्य सेना । भद्रान् कृण्वन्न् इन्द्रहवान् सखिभ्य आ सोमो वस्त्रा रभसानि दत्ते

pra senānīḥ śūro agre rathānāṁ gavyann eti harṣate asya senā | bhadrān kṛṇvann indrahavān sakhibhya ā somo vastrā rabhasāni datte

Forth at the head of the chariots goes the army-leader, the hero, seeking cows; his host exults; making auspicious the calls to Indra for his friends, Soma takes on his impetuous garments.

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RV 9 96.2

सम् अस्य हरिꣳ हरयो मृजन्त्य् अश्वहयैर् अनिशितꣳ नमोभिः । आ तिष्ठति रथम् इन्द्रस्य सखा विद्वाꣳ एना सुमतिꣳ यात्य् अच्छ

sam asya hariṁ harayo mṛjanty aśvahayair aniśitaṁ namobhiḥ | ā tiṣṭhati ratham indrasya sakhā vidvām̐ enā sumatiṁ yāty accha

The tawny (fingers) polish his tawny (juice), unceasingly, with horse-urging acts of homage; Indra's friend mounts the chariot, and knowing, he goes thereby toward (Indra's) favour.

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RV 9 96.3

स नो देव देवताते पवस्व महे सोम प्सरस इन्द्रपानः । कृण्वन्न् अपो वर्षयन् द्याम् उतेमाम् उरोर् आ नो वरिवस्या पुनानः

sa no deva devatāte pavasva mahe soma psarasa indrapānaḥ | kṛṇvann apo varṣayan dyām utemām uror ā no varivasyā punānaḥ

Purify yourself for us, god, at the divine service, O Soma, for the great feast, you who are Indra's drink; making the waters, raining down this heaven too, grant us wide space out of the broad expanse, as you are clarified.

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RV 9 96.4

अजीतये ऽहतये पवस्व स्वस्तये सर्वतातये बृहते । तद् उशन्ति विश्व इमे सखायस् तद् अहꣳ वश्मि पवमान सोम

ajītaye 'hataye pavasva svastaye sarvatātaye bṛhate | tad uśanti viśva ime sakhāyas tad ahaṁ vaśmi pavamāna soma

Purify yourself for unconqueredness, for unslainness, for well-being, for wholeness, for greatness. All these companions desire that; that I too wish, O Pavamāna Soma.

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RV 9 96.5

सोमः पवते जनिता मतीनाꣳ जनिता दिवो जनिता पृथिव्याः । जनिताग्नेर् जनिता सूर्यस्य जनितेन्द्रस्य जनितोत विष्णोः

somaḥ pavate janitā matīnāṁ janitā divo janitā pṛthivyāḥ | janitāgner janitā sūryasya janitendrasya janitota viṣṇoḥ

Soma purifies himself, the begetter of thoughts, begetter of heaven, begetter of earth, begetter of Agni, begetter of Sūrya, begetter of Indra and begetter of Viṣṇu.

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RV 9 96.6

ब्रह्मा देवानाम् पदवीः कवीनाम् ऋषिर् विप्राणाम् महिषो मृगाणाम् । श्येनो गृध्राणाꣳ स्वधितिर् वनानाꣳ सोमः पवित्रम् अत्य् एति रेभन्

brahmā devānām padavīḥ kavīnām ṛṣir viprāṇām mahiṣo mṛgāṇām | śyeno gṛdhrāṇāṁ svadhitir vanānāṁ somaḥ pavitram aty eti rebhan

Brahman of the gods, path-finder of the poets, ṛṣi of the inspired, buffalo of the wild beasts, falcon of the raptors, axe of the trees — Soma passes over the filter, singing.

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RV 9 96.7

प्रावीविपद् वाच ऊर्मिꣳ न सिन्धुर् गिरः सोमः पवमानो मनीषाः । अन्तः पश्यन् वृजनेमावराण्य् आ तिष्ठति वृषभो गोषु जानन्

prāvīvipad vāca ūrmiṁ na sindhur giraḥ somaḥ pavamāno manīṣāḥ | antaḥ paśyan vṛjanemāvarāṇy ā tiṣṭhati vṛṣabho goṣu jānan

He has set the songs trembling forth, as a river (sets) the wave of speech — Soma, purifying himself, (has stirred) the hymns and the thoughts; looking within at these lower (things) in the community, the bull takes his stand among the cows, knowing (them).

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RV 9 96.8

स मत्सरः पृत्सु वन्वन्न् अवातः सहस्ररेता अभि वाजम् अर्ष । इन्द्रायेन्दो पवमानो मनीष्य् अ१ꣳशोर् ऊर्मिम् ईरय गा इषण्यन्

sa matsaraḥ pṛtsu vanvann avātaḥ sahasraretā abhi vājam arṣa | indrāyendo pavamāno manīṣy a1ṁśor ūrmim īraya gā iṣaṇyan

You, the exhilarating one, winning in battles, unassailed, of a thousand seeds — flow toward the prize. For Indra, O drop, purifying yourself, thoughtful, stir up the wave of the stalk, urging on the cows.

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RV 9 96.9

परि प्रियः कलशे देववात इन्द्राय सोमो रण्यो मदाय । सहस्रधारः शतवाज इन्दुर् वाजी न सप्तिः समना जिगाति

pari priyaḥ kalaśe devavāta indrāya somo raṇyo madāya | sahasradhāraḥ śatavāja indur vājī na saptiḥ samanā jigāti

The dear Soma, longed for by the gods, (flows) around in the pitcher, joyous, for Indra's intoxication; with a thousand streams, with a hundred prizes, the drop goes to the meetings like a prize-winning steed.

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RV 9 96.10

स पूर्व्यो वसुविज् जायमानो मृजानो अप्सु दुदुहानो अद्रौ । अभिशस्तिपा भुवनस्य राजा विदद् गातुम् ब्रह्मणे पूयमानः

sa pūrvyo vasuvij jāyamāno mṛjāno apsu duduhāno adrau | abhiśastipā bhuvanasya rājā vidad gātum brahmaṇe pūyamānaḥ

He, the ancient one, finder of goods, being born, groomed in the waters, milked out on the stone, protector from slander, king of the world, while being purified he finds a way for the sacred formulation.

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RV 9 96.11

त्वया हि नः पितरः सोम पूर्वे कर्माणि चक्रुः पवमान धीराः । वन्वन्न् अवातः परिधीꣳर् अपोर्णु वीरेभिर् अश्वैर् मघवा भवा नः

tvayā hi naḥ pitaraḥ soma pūrve karmāṇi cakruḥ pavamāna dhīrāḥ | vanvann avātaḥ paridhīm̐r aporṇu vīrebhir aśvair maghavā bhavā naḥ

For by you, O Soma, our forefathers of old, the wise ones, performed their works, O Pavamāna. Overcoming, unassailed, uncover the enclosures; be a bounteous giver to us with heroes and horses.

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RV 9 96.12

यथापवथा मनवे वयोधा अमित्रहा वरिवोविद् धविष्मान् । एवा पवस्व द्रविणꣳ दधान इन्द्रे सꣳ तिष्ठ जनयायुधानि

yathāpavathā manave vayodhā amitrahā varivovid dhaviṣmān | evā pavasva draviṇaṁ dadhāna indre saṁ tiṣṭha janayāyudhāni

As you purified yourself for Manu, bestowing vigour, slaying enemies, finding wide space, accompanied by oblation — so purify yourself now, conferring wealth; stand together with Indra, beget weapons.

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RV 9 96.13

पवस्व सोम मधुमाꣳ ऋतावापो वसानो अधि सानो अव्ये । अव द्रोणानि घृतवान्ति सीद मदिन्तमो मत्सर इन्द्रपानः

pavasva soma madhumām̐ ṛtāvāpo vasāno adhi sāno avye | ava droṇāni ghṛtavānti sīda madintamo matsara indrapānaḥ

Purify yourself, Soma, rich in honey, possessed of ṛta, clothing yourself in the waters upon the woollen height. Sit down in the ghee-filled wooden vessels, most intoxicating, exhilarating, Indra's drink.

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RV 9 96.14

वृष्टिꣳ दिवः शतधारः पवस्व सहस्रसा वाजयुर् देववीतौ । सꣳ सिन्धुभिः कलशे वावशानः सम् उस्रियाभिः प्रतिरन् न आयुः

vṛṣṭiṁ divaḥ śatadhāraḥ pavasva sahasrasā vājayur devavītau | saṁ sindhubhiḥ kalaśe vāvaśānaḥ sam usriyābhiḥ pratiran na āyuḥ

Purify yourself as rain from heaven, with a hundred streams, winning thousands, seeking the prize at the gods' feast; bellowing in the pitcher, (united) with the rivers, with the ruddy cows, prolonging our life-span.

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RV 9 96.15

एष स्य सोमो मतिभिः पुनानो ऽत्यो न वाजी तरतीद् अरातीः । पयो न दुग्धम् अदितेर् इषिरम् उर्व् इव गातुः सुयमो न वोऴ्हा

eṣa sya somo matibhiḥ punāno 'tyo na vājī taratīd arātīḥ | payo na dugdham aditer iṣiram urv iva gātuḥ suyamo na voḻhā

This Soma here, being purified by the thoughts, like a prize-winning steed indeed crosses past the hostile powers — like milk milked from Aditi, refreshing, like a broad path, like a well-guided draught-animal.

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RV 9 96.16

स्वायुधः सोतृभिः पूयमानो ऽभ्य् अर्ष गुह्यꣳ चारु नाम । अभि वाजꣳ सप्तिर् इव श्रवस्याभि वायुम् अभि गा देव सोम

svāyudhaḥ sotṛbhiḥ pūyamāno 'bhy arṣa guhyaṁ cāru nāma | abhi vājaṁ saptir iva śravasyābhi vāyum abhi gā deva soma

Well-armed, being purified by the pressers, flow toward your hidden dear name; toward the prize as a steed through desire for fame, toward Vāyu, toward the cows, O god Soma.

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RV 9 96.17

शिशुꣳ जज्ञानꣳ हर्यतम् मृजन्ति शुम्भन्ति वह्निम् मरुतो गणेन । कविर् गीर्भिः काव्येना कविः सन् सोमः पवित्रम् अत्य् एति रेभन्

śiśuṁ jajñānaṁ haryatam mṛjanti śumbhanti vahnim maruto gaṇena | kavir gīrbhiḥ kāvyenā kaviḥ san somaḥ pavitram aty eti rebhan

They groom the newborn child, the delightful one; the Maruts with their troop adorn the draught-horse. A poet through the songs, a poet through poetic skill — Soma passes over the filter, singing.

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RV 9 96.18

ऋषिमना य ऋषिकृत् स्वर्षाः सहस्रणीथः पदवीः कवीनाम् । तृतीयꣳ धाम महिषः सिषासन् सोमो विराजम् अनु राजति ष्टुप्

ṛṣimanā ya ṛṣikṛt svarṣāḥ sahasraṇīthaḥ padavīḥ kavīnām | tṛtīyaṁ dhāma mahiṣaḥ siṣāsan somo virājam anu rājati ṣṭup

He who is ṛṣi-minded, ṛṣi-making, winner of the sun, of a thousand ways, the path-finder of poets — the buffalo, seeking to gain the third abode, Soma as a stubh reigns following the virāj.

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RV 9 96.19

चमूषच् छ्येनः शकुनो विभृत्वा गोविन्दुर् द्रप्स आयुधानि बिभ्रत् । अपाम् ऊर्मिꣳ सचमानः समुद्रꣳ तुरीयꣳ धाम महिषो विवक्ति

camūṣac chyenaḥ śakuno vibhṛtvā govindur drapsa āyudhāni bibhrat | apām ūrmiṁ sacamānaḥ samudraṁ turīyaṁ dhāma mahiṣo vivakti

Sitting in the bowls, a falcon, a wide-winged bird, finder of cows, the drop bearing weapons, attending the wave of the waters, the sea — the buffalo proclaims the fourth abode.

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RV 9 96.20

मर्यो न शुभ्रस् तन्वम् मृजानो ऽत्यो न सृत्वा सनये धनानाम् । वृषेव यूथा परि कोशम् अर्षन् कनिक्रदच् चम्वो३र् आ विवेश

maryo na śubhras tanvam mṛjāno 'tyo na sṛtvā sanaye dhanānām | vṛṣeva yūthā pari kośam arṣan kanikradac camvo3r ā viveśa

Like a resplendent young man grooming his body, like a steed running for the winning of stakes, streaming around the vat like a bull among the herds, roaring, he has entered the two bowls.

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RV 9 96.21

पवस्वेन्दो पवमानो महोभिः कनिक्रदत् परि वाराण्य् अर्ष । क्रीऴञ् चम्वो३र् आ विश पूयमान इन्द्रꣳ ते रसो मदिरो ममत्तु

pavasvendo pavamāno mahobhiḥ kanikradat pari vārāṇy arṣa | krīḻañ camvo3r ā viśa pūyamāna indraṁ te raso madiro mamattu

Purify yourself, O drop, flowing clear with your powers; roaring, flow around the woollen (fleece). Playing, enter the two bowls as you are cleansed; may your intoxicating juice exhilarate Indra.

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RV 9 96.22

प्रास्य धारा बृहतीर् असृग्रन्न् अक्तो गोभिः कलशाꣳ आ विवेश । साम कृण्वन् सामन्यो विपश्चित् क्रन्दन्न् एत्य् अभि सख्युर् न जामिम्

prāsya dhārā bṛhatīr asṛgrann akto gobhiḥ kalaśām̐ ā viveśa | sāma kṛṇvan sāmanyo vipaścit krandann ety abhi sakhyur na jāmim

His lofty streams have been let loose forward; anointed with the cow's milk he has entered the pitchers. Making the sāman, a sāman-singer, knowing the inspired word, he goes roaring, as (a man) toward his friend's sister.

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RV 9 96.23

अपघ्नन्न् एषि पवमान शत्रून् प्रियाꣳ न जारो अभिगीत इन्दुः । सीदन् वनेषु शकुनो न पत्वा सोमः पुनानः कलशेषु सत्ता

apaghnann eṣi pavamāna śatrūn priyāṁ na jāro abhigīta induḥ | sīdan vaneṣu śakuno na patvā somaḥ punānaḥ kalaśeṣu sattā

Striking away foes you go, O Pavamāna — the drop, sung toward as a lover (is drawn) to his beloved. Settling in the wooden vessels like a bird in flight, Soma, being purified, is one who sits in the jars.

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RV 9 96.24

आ ते रुचः पवमानस्य सोम योषेव यन्ति सुदुघाः सुधाराः । हरिर् आनीतः पुरुवारो अप्स्व् अचिक्रदत् कलशे देवयूनाम्

ā te rucaḥ pavamānasya soma yoṣeva yanti sudughāḥ sudhārāḥ | harir ānītaḥ puruvāro apsv acikradat kalaśe devayūnām

Your radiances, O Soma Pavamāna, come like a woman, good to milk, with fair streams. The tawny one, led into the waters, rich in choice things, has roared in the jar of those who seek the gods.

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