Rigveda 9.61

9.61.1

अ॒या वी॒ती परि॑ स्रव॒ यस्त॑ इन्दो॒ मदे॒ष्वा | अ॒वाह॑न्नव॒तीर्नव॑ ||

FLOW onward, Indu, with this food for him who in thy wild delight Battered the nine-and-ninety down,

9.61.2

पुर॑: स॒द्य इ॒त्थाधि॑ये॒ दिवो॑दासाय॒ शम्ब॑रम् | अध॒ त्यं तु॒र्वशं॒ यदु॑म् ||

Smote swiftly forts, and gambara, then Yadu and that Turvaga, For pious Divodāsa's sake.

9.61.3

परि॑ णो॒ अश्व॑मश्व॒विद्गोम॑दिन्दो॒ हिर॑ण्यवत् | क्षरा॑ सह॒स्रिणी॒रिष॑: ||

Finder of horses, pour on us horses and wealth in kine and gold, And, Indu, food in boundless store.

9.61.4

पव॑मानस्य ते व॒यं प॒वित्र॑मभ्युन्द॒तः | स॒खि॒त्वमा वृ॑णीमहे ||

We seek to win thy friendly love, even Pavamana's flowing o’er The limit of the cleansing sieve.

9.61.5

ये ते॑ प॒वित्र॑मू॒र्मयो॑ऽभि॒क्षर॑न्ति॒ धार॑या | तेभि॑र्नः सोम मृळय ||

With those same waves which in their stream oyerflow the purifying sieve, Soma; be gracious unto us.

9.61.6

स न॑: पुना॒न आ भ॑र र॒यिं वी॒रव॑ती॒मिष॑म् | ईशा॑नः सोम वि॒श्वत॑: ||

O Soma, being purified, bring us from all sides,—for thou canst,— Riches and food with hero sons.

9.61.7

ए॒तमु॒ त्यं दश॒ क्षिपो॑ मृ॒जन्ति॒ सिन्धु॑मातरम् | समा॑दि॒त्येभि॑रख्यत ||

Him here, the Child whom streams have borne, the ten swift fingers beautify With the Ādityas is he seen.

9.61.8

समिन्द्रे॑णो॒त वा॒युना॑ सु॒त ए॑ति प॒वित्र॒ आ | सं सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॑: ||

With Indra and with Vāyu he, effused, flows onward with,the beams Of Sūrya to the cleansing sieve.

9.61.9

स नो॒ भगा॑य वा॒यवे॑ पू॒ष्णे प॑वस्व॒ मधु॑मान् | चारु॑र्मि॒त्रे वरु॑णे च ||

Flow rich in sweets and lovely for our Bhaga, Vāyu, Pūṣan flow For Mitra and for Varuṇa.

9.61.10

उ॒च्चा ते॑ जा॒तमन्ध॑सो दि॒वि षद्भूम्या द॑दे | उ॒ग्रं शर्म॒ महि॒ श्रव॑: ||

High is thy juice's birth: though set in heaven, on earth it hath obtained Strong sheltering power and great renown.

9.61.11

ए॒ना विश्वा॑न्य॒र्य आ द्यु॒म्नानि॒ मानु॑षाणाम् | सिषा॑सन्तो वनामहे ||

Striving to win, with him we gain all wealth from the ungodly man, Yea, all the glories of mankind.

9.61.12

स न॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ यज्य॑वे॒ वरु॑णाय म॒रुद्भ्य॑: | व॒रि॒वो॒वित्परि॑ स्रव ||

Finder of room and freedom, flow for Indra whom we must adore, For Varuṇa and the Marut host.

9.61.13

उपो॒ षु जा॒तम॒प्तुरं॒ गोभि॑र्भ॒ङ्गं परि॑ष्कृतम् | इन्दुं॑ दे॒वा अ॑यासिषुः ||

The Gods have come to Indu well-descended, beautified with milk, The active crusher of the foe.

9.61.14

तमिद्व॑र्धन्तु नो॒ गिरो॑ व॒त्सं सं॒शिश्व॑रीरिव | य इन्द्र॑स्य हृदं॒सनि॑: ||

Even as mother cows their calf, so let our praise-songs strengthen him, Yea, him who winneth Indra's heart.

9.61.15

अर्षा॑ णः सोम॒ शं गवे॑ धु॒क्षस्व॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॑म् | वर्धा॑ समु॒द्रमु॒क्थ्य॑म् ||

Soma, pour blessings on our kine, pour forth the food that streams with milk Increase the sea that merits laud.

9.61.16

पव॑मानो अजीजनद्दि॒वश्चि॒त्रं न त॑न्य॒तुम् | ज्योति॑र्वैश्वान॒रं बृ॒हत् ||

From heaven hath Pavamana made, as ’twere, the marvellous thunder, and The lofty light of all mankind.

9.61.17

पव॑मानस्य ते॒ रसो॒ मदो॑ राजन्नदुच्छु॒नः | वि वार॒मव्य॑मर्षति ||

The gladdening and auspicious juice of thee, of Pavamana, King! Flows o’er the woollen straining-cloth.

9.61.18

पव॑मान॒ रस॒स्तव॒ दक्षो॒ वि रा॑जति द्यु॒मान् | ज्योति॒र्विश्वं॒ स्व॑र्दृ॒शे ||

Thy juice, O Pavamana, sends its rays abroad like splendid skill, Like lustre, all heaven's light, to see.

9.61.19

यस्ते॒ मदो॒ वरे॑ण्य॒स्तेना॑ पव॒स्वान्ध॑सा | दे॒वा॒वीर॑घशंस॒हा ||

Flow onward with that juice of thine most excellent, that brings delight, Slaying the wicked, dear to Gods.

9.61.20

जघ्नि॑र्वृ॒त्रम॑मि॒त्रियं॒ सस्नि॒र्वाजं॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे | गो॒षा उ॑ अश्व॒सा अ॑सि ||

Killing the foeman and his hate, and winning booty every day, Gainer art thou of steeds and kine.

9.61.21

सम्मि॑श्लो अरु॒षो भ॑व सूप॒स्थाभि॒र्न धे॒नुभि॑: | सीद॑ञ्छ्ये॒नो न योनि॒मा ||

Red-hued, be blended with the milk that seems to yield its lovely breast, Falcon-like resting in thine home.

9.61.22

स प॑वस्व॒ य आवि॒थेन्द्रं॑ वृ॒त्राय॒ हन्त॑वे | व॒व्रि॒वांसं॑ म॒हीर॒पः ||

Flow onward thou who strengthenedst Indra to slaughter Vṛtra who Compassed and stayed the mighty floods.

9.61.23

सु॒वीरा॑सो व॒यं धना॒ जये॑म सोम मीढ्वः | पु॒ना॒नो व॑र्ध नो॒ गिर॑: ||

Soma who rainest gifts, may we win riches with our hero sons: Strengthen, as thou art cleansed, our hymns.

9.61.24

त्वोता॑स॒स्तवाव॑सा॒ स्याम॑ व॒न्वन्त॑ आ॒मुर॑: | सोम॑ व्र॒तेषु॑ जागृहि ||

Aided by thee, and through thy grace, may we be slayers when we war: Watch, Soma, at our solemn rites.

9.61.25

अ॒प॒घ्नन्प॑वते॒ मृधोऽप॒ सोमो॒ अरा॑व्णः | गच्छ॒न्निन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तम् ||

Chasing our foemen, driving off the godless, Soma flowcth on, Going to Indra's special place.

9.61.26

म॒हो नो॑ रा॒य आ भ॑र॒ पव॑मान ज॒ही मृध॑: | रास्वे॑न्दो वी॒रव॒द्यश॑: ||

O Pavamana, hither bring great riches, and destroy our foes: O Indu, grant heroic fame.

9.61.27

न त्वा॑ श॒तं च॒न ह्रुतो॒ राधो॒ दित्स॑न्त॒मा मि॑नन् | यत्पु॑ना॒नो म॑ख॒स्यसे॑ ||

A hundred obstacles have ne’er checked thee when fain to give thy boons, When, being cleansed, thou combatest.

9.61.28

पव॑स्वेन्दो॒ वृषा॑ सु॒तः कृ॒धी नो॑ य॒शसो॒ जने॑ | विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विषो॑ जहि ||

Indu, flow on, a mighty juice; glorify us among the folk: Drive all our enemies away.

9.61.29

अस्य॑ ते स॒ख्ये व॒यं तवे॑न्दो द्यु॒म्न उ॑त्त॒मे | सा॒स॒ह्याम॑ पृतन्य॒तः ||

Indu, in this thy friendship most lofty and glorious may we Subdue all those who war with us.

9.61.30

या ते॑ भी॒मान्यायु॑धा ति॒ग्मानि॒ सन्ति॒ धूर्व॑णे | रक्षा॑ समस्य नो नि॒दः ||

Those awful weapons that thou hast, sharpened at point to strike men down- Guard us therewith from every foe.