Rigveda 9.12

HYMN XII. SOMA PAVAMANA. · ९ काश्यपोऽसितो देवलो वा । पवमान: सोम: । गायत्री ।

9.12.1

सोमा॑ असृग्र॒मिन्द॑वः सु॒ता ऋ॒तस्य॒ साद॑ने | इन्द्रा॑य॒ मधु॑मत्तमाः ||

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9.12.1

सोमा॑ असृग्र॒मिन्द॑वः सु॒ता ऋ॒तस्य॒ साद॑ने | इन्द्रा॑य॒ मधु॑मत्तमाः ||

To Indra have the Soma drops, exceeding rich in sweets, been poured, Shed in the seat of sacrifice.

9.12.2

अ॒भि विप्रा॑ अनूषत॒ गावो॑ व॒त्सं न मा॒तर॑: | इन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ||

As mother kine low to their calves, to Indra have the sages called, Called him to drink the Soma juice.

9.12.3

म॒द॒च्युत्क्षे॑ति॒ साद॑ने॒ सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मा वि॑प॒श्चित् | सोमो॑ गौ॒री अधि॑ श्रि॒तः ||

In the stream's wave wise Soma dwells, distilling rapture, in his seat, Resting upon a wiId-cow's hide.

9.12.4

दि॒वो नाभा॑ विचक्ष॒णोऽव्यो॒ वारे॑ महीयते | सोमो॒ यः सु॒क्रतु॑: क॒विः ||

Far-sighted Soma, Sage and Seer, is worshipped in the central point Of heaven, the straining-cloth of wool.

9.12.5

यः सोम॑: क॒लशे॒ष्वाँ अ॒न्तः प॒वित्र॒ आहि॑तः | तमिन्दु॒: परि॑ षस्वजे ||

In close embraces Indu holds Soma when poured within the jars. And on the. purifying sieve.

9.12.6

प्र वाच॒मिन्दु॑रिष्यति समु॒द्रस्याधि॑ वि॒ष्टपि॑ | जिन्व॒न्कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॑म् ||

Indu sends forth a voice on high to regions of the sea of air, Shaking the vase that drops with meath.

9.12.7

नित्य॑स्तोत्रो॒ वन॒स्पति॑र्धी॒नाम॒न्तः स॑ब॒र्दुघ॑: | हि॒न्वा॒नो मानु॑षा यु॒गा ||

The Tree whose praises never fail yields heavenly milk among our hymns, Urging men's generations on.

9.12.8

अ॒भि प्रि॒या दि॒वस्प॒दा सोमो॑ हिन्वा॒नो अ॑र्षति | विप्र॑स्य॒ धार॑या क॒विः ||

The Wise One, with the Sage's stream, the Soma urged to speed, flows on To the dear places of the sky.

9.12.9

आ प॑वमान धारय र॒यिं स॒हस्र॑वर्चसम् | अ॒स्मे इ॑न्दो स्वा॒भुव॑म् ||

O Pavamana, bring us wealth bright with a thousand splendours. Yea. O Indu, give us ready help.