Rigveda 9.56

HYMN LVI. SOMA PAVAMANA. · ४ अवत्सार: काश्यपः । पवमान: सोम: । गायत्री ।

9.56.1

परि॒ सोम॑ ऋ॒तं बृ॒हदा॒शुः प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति | वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः ||

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9.56.1

परि॒ सोम॑ ऋ॒तं बृ॒हदा॒शुः प॒वित्रे॑ अर्षति | वि॒घ्नन्रक्षां॑सि देव॒युः ||

SWIFT to the purifying sieve flows Soma as exalted Law, Slaying the fiends, loving the Gods.

9.56.2

यत्सोमो॒ वाज॒मर्ष॑ति श॒तं धारा॑ अप॒स्युव॑: | इन्द्र॑स्य स॒ख्यमा॑वि॒शन् ||

When Soma pours the strengthening food a hundred ever-active streams To Indra's friendship win theirway.

9.56.3

अ॒भि त्वा॒ योष॑णो॒ दश॑ जा॒रं न क॒न्या॑नूषत | मृ॒ज्यसे॑ सोम सा॒तये॑ ||

Ten Dames have sung to welcome thee, even as a maiden greets her love: O Soma, thou art decked to win.

9.56.4

त्वमिन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्ण॑वे स्वा॒दुरि॑न्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव | नॄन्त्स्तो॒तॄन्पा॒ह्यंह॑सः ||

Flow hitherward, O Indu, sweet to Indra and to Viṣṇu: guard The men, the singers, from distress.