Rigveda 9.5

HYMN V ĀPRĪS. · ११ काश्यपोऽसितो देवलो वा । पवमान: सोम: । गायत्री ।

9.5.1

समि॑द्धो वि॒श्वत॒स्पति॒: पव॑मानो॒ वि रा॑जति | प्री॒णन्वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ||

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9.5.1

समि॑द्धो वि॒श्वत॒स्पति॒: पव॑मानो॒ वि रा॑जति | प्री॒णन्वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदत् ||

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

9.5.2

तनू॒नपा॒त्पव॑मान॒: शृङ्गे॒ शिशा॑नो अर्षति | अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ रार॑जत् ||

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

9.5.3

ई॒ळेन्य॒: पव॑मानो र॒यिर्वि रा॑जति द्यु॒मान् | मधो॒र्धारा॑भि॒रोज॑सा ||

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

9.5.4

ब॒र्हिः प्रा॒चीन॒मोज॑सा॒ पव॑मानः स्तृ॒णन्हरि॑: | दे॒वेषु॑ दे॒व ई॑यते ||

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

9.5.5

उदातै॑र्जिहते बृ॒हद्द्वारो॑ दे॒वीर्हि॑र॒ण्ययी॑: | पव॑मानेन॒ सुष्टु॑ताः ||

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

9.5.6

सु॒शि॒ल्पे बृ॑ह॒ती म॒ही पव॑मानो वृषण्यति | नक्तो॒षासा॒ न द॑र्श॒ते ||

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

9.5.7

उ॒भा दे॒वा नृ॒चक्ष॑सा॒ होता॑रा॒ दैव्या॑ हुवे | पव॑मान॒ इन्द्रो॒ वृषा॑ ||

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

9.5.8

भार॑ती॒ पव॑मानस्य॒ सर॑स्व॒तीळा॑ म॒ही | इ॒मं नो॑ य॒ज्ञमा ग॑मन्ति॒स्रो दे॒वीः सु॒पेश॑सः ||

This, Pavamana's sacrifice, shall the three beauteous Goddesses, Sarasvatī and Bhāratī and Iḷā, Mighty One, attend.

9.5.9

त्वष्टा॑रमग्र॒जां गो॒पां पु॑रो॒यावा॑न॒मा हु॑वे | इन्दु॒रिन्द्रो॒ वृषा॒ हरि॒: पव॑मानः प्र॒जाप॑तिः ||

1 summon Tvaṣṭar hither, our protector, champion, earliest-born, Indu is Indra, tawny Steer; Pavamana is Prajāpati.

9.5.10

वन॒स्पतिं॑ पवमान॒ मध्वा॒ सम॑ङ्ग्धि॒ धार॑या | स॒हस्र॑वल्शं॒ हरि॑तं॒ भ्राज॑मानं हिर॒ण्यय॑म् ||

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

9.5.11

विश्वे॑ देवा॒: स्वाहा॑कृतिं॒ पव॑मान॒स्या ग॑त | वा॒युर्बृह॒स्पति॒: सूर्यो॒ऽग्निरिन्द्र॑: स॒जोष॑सः ||

Come to the consecrating rite of Pavamana, all ye Gods,— Vāyu, Sūrya, Bṛhaspati, Indra, and Agni, in accord.