9.17.1
प्र नि॒म्नेने॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वो॒ घ्नन्तो॑ वृ॒त्राणि॒ भूर्ण॑यः | सोमा॑ असृग्रमा॒शव॑: ||
LIKE rivers down a steep descent, slaying the Vṛtras, full of zeal, The rapid Soma-streams have flowed.
Rigveda 9.17
HYMN XVII. SOMA PAVAMANA. · ८ काश्यपोऽसितो देवलो वा । पवमान: सोम: । गायत्री ।
9.17.1
प्र नि॒म्नेने॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वो॒ घ्नन्तो॑ वृ॒त्राणि॒ भूर्ण॑यः | सोमा॑ असृग्रमा॒शव॑: ||
LIKE rivers down a steep descent, slaying the Vṛtras, full of zeal, The rapid Soma-streams have flowed.
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9.17.2
अ॒भि सु॑वा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वो वृ॒ष्टय॑: पृथि॒वीमि॑व | इन्द्रं॒ सोमा॑सो अक्षरन् ||
The drops of Soma juice effused fall like the rain upon the earth: To Indra flow the Soma-streams.
9.17.3
अत्यू॑र्मिर्मत्स॒रो मद॒: सोम॑: प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति | वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः ||
With swelling wave the gladdening drink, the Soma, flows intoṭhe sieve, Loving the Gods and slaying fiends.
9.17.4
आ क॒लशे॑षु धावति प॒वित्रे॒ परि॑ षिच्यते | उ॒क्थैर्य॒ज्ञेषु॑ वर्धते ||
It hastens to the pitchers, poured upon the sieve it waxes strong At sacrifices through the lauds.
9.17.5
अति॒ त्री सो॑म रोच॒ना रोह॒न्न भ्रा॑जसे॒ दिव॑म् | इ॒ष्णन्त्सूर्यं॒ न चो॑दयः ||
Soma, thou shinest mounting heaven as ’twere above light's triple realm, And moving secm'st to speed the Sun.
9.17.6
अ॒भि विप्रा॑ अनूषत मू॒र्धन्य॒ज्ञस्य॑ का॒रव॑: | दधा॑ना॒श्चक्ष॑सि प्रि॒यम् ||
To him, the head of sacnfice, singers and bards have sung their songs, Offering what he loves to see.
9.17.7
तमु॑ त्वा वा॒जिनं॒ नरो॑ धी॒भिर्विप्रा॑ अव॒स्यव॑: | मृ॒जन्ति॑ दे॒वता॑तये ||
The men, the sages with their hymns, eager for help, deck thee strong &teed, Deck thee for service of the Gods.
9.17.8
मधो॒र्धारा॒मनु॑ क्षर ती॒व्रः स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दः | चारु॑ॠ॒ताय॑ पी॒तये॑ ||
Flow onward to the stream of meath rest efficacious in thy home, Fair, to be drunk at sacrifice.