Rigveda 9.62

9.62.1

ए॒ते अ॑सृग्र॒मिन्द॑वस्ति॒रः प॒वित्र॑मा॒शव॑: | विश्वा॑न्य॒भि सौभ॑गा ||

THESE rapid Soma-drops have been poured through the purifying sieve To bring us all felicities.

9.62.2

वि॒घ्नन्तो॑ दुरि॒ता पु॒रु सु॒गा तो॒काय॑ वा॒जिन॑: | तना॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तो॒ अर्व॑ते ||

Dispelling manifold mishap, giving the courser's progeny, Yea, and the warrior steed, success.

9.62.3

कृ॒ण्वन्तो॒ वरि॑वो॒ गवे॒ऽभ्य॑र्षन्ति सुष्टु॒तिम् | इळा॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ सं॒यत॑म् ||

Bringing prosperity to kine, they make perpetual Iḷā flow To us for noble eulogy.

9.62.4

असा॑व्यं॒शुर्मदा॑या॒ऽप्सु दक्षो॑ गिरि॒ष्ठाः | श्ये॒नो न योनि॒मास॑दत् ||

Strong, mountain-born, the stalk hath been pressed in the streams for rapturous joy: Hawk-like he settles in his home.

9.62.5

शु॒भ्रमन्धो॑ दे॒ववा॑तम॒प्सु धू॒तो नृभि॑: सु॒तः | स्वद॑न्ति॒ गाव॒: पयो॑भिः ||

Fair is the God-loved juice; the plant is washed in waters, pressed by men The milch-kine sweeten it with milk.

9.62.6

आदी॒मश्वं॒ न हेता॒रोऽशू॑शुभन्न॒मृता॑य | मध्वो॒ रसं॑ सध॒मादे॑ ||

As drivers deck a courser, so have they adorned the meath's juice for Ambrosia, for the festival.

9.62.7

यास्ते॒ धारा॑ मधु॒श्चुतोऽसृ॑ग्रमिन्द ऊ॒तये॑ | ताभि॑: प॒वित्र॒मास॑दः ||

Thou, Indu, with thy streams that drop sweet juices, which were poured for help, Hast settled in the cleansing sieve.

9.62.8

सो अ॒र्षेन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ति॒रो रोमा॑ण्य॒व्यया॑ | सीद॒न्योना॒ वने॒ष्वा ||

So flow thou onward through the fleece, for Indra flow, to be his drink, Finding thine home in vats of wood.

9.62.9

त्वमि॑न्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव॒ स्वादि॑ष्ठो॒ अङ्गि॑रोभ्यः | व॒रि॒वो॒विद्घृ॒तं पय॑: ||

As giving room and freedom, as most sweet, pour butter forth and milk, O Indu, for the Aṅgirases.

9.62.10

अ॒यं विच॑र्षणिर्हि॒तः पव॑मान॒: स चे॑तति | हि॒न्वा॒न आप्यं॑ बृ॒हत् ||

Most active and benevolent, this Pavamana, sent to us For lofty friendship, meditates.

9.62.11

ए॒ष वृषा॒ वृष॑व्रत॒: पव॑मानो अशस्ति॒हा | कर॒द्वसू॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ ||

Queller of curses, mighty, with strong sway, this Pavamana shall Bring treasures to the worshipper.

9.62.12

आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् | पु॒रु॒श्च॒न्द्रं पु॑रु॒स्पृह॑म् ||

Pour thou upon us thousandfold possessions, both of kine and steeds, Exceeding glorious, much-desired.

9.62.13

ए॒ष स्य परि॑ षिच्यते मर्मृ॒ज्यमा॑न आ॒युभि॑: | उ॒रु॒गा॒यः क॒विक्र॑तुः ||

Wandering far, with wise designs, the juice here present is effused, Made beautiful by living men.

9.62.14

स॒हस्रो॑तिः श॒ताम॑घो वि॒मानो॒ रज॑सः क॒विः | इन्द्रा॑य पवते॒ मद॑: ||

For Indra flows the gladdening drink, the measurer of the region, Sage, With countless wealth and endless help.

9.62.15

गि॒रा जा॒त इ॒ह स्तु॒त इन्दु॒रिन्द्रा॑य धीयते | विर्योना॑ वस॒तावि॑व ||

Born on the inountain, lauded here, Indu for Indra is set down, As in her sheltering nest a bird.

9.62.16

पव॑मानः सु॒तो नृभि॒: सोमो॒ वाज॑मिवासरत् | च॒मूषु॒ शक्म॑ना॒सद॑म् ||

Pressed by the men, as ’twere to war hath Soma Pavamana sped, To test with might within the vats.

9.62.17

तं त्रि॑पृ॒ष्ठे त्रि॑वन्धु॒रे रथे॑ युञ्जन्ति॒ यात॑वे | ऋषी॑णां स॒प्त धी॒तिभि॑: ||

That he may move, they yoke him to the three-backed triple-seated car By the Seven Ṛṣis’ holy songs.

9.62.18

तं सो॑तारो धन॒स्पृत॑मा॒शुं वाजा॑य॒ यात॑वे | हरिं॑ हिनोत वा॒जिन॑म् ||

Drive ye that Tawny Courser, O ye pressers, on his way to war, Swift Steed who carries off the spoil.

9.62.19

आ॒वि॒शन्क॒लशं॑ सु॒तो विश्वा॒ अर्ष॑न्न॒भि श्रिय॑: | शूरो॒ न गोषु॑ तिष्ठति ||

Pouring all glories hither, he, effused and entering the jar, Stands like a hero mid the kine.

9.62.20

आ त॑ इन्दो॒ मदा॑य॒ कं पयो॑ दुहन्त्या॒यव॑: | दे॒वा दे॒वेभ्यो॒ मधु॑ ||

Indu, the living men milk out the juice to make the rapturous draught: Gods for the Gods milk out the meath.

9.62.21

आ न॒: सोमं॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ सृ॒जता॒ मधु॑मत्तमम् | दे॒वेभ्यो॑ देव॒श्रुत्त॑मम् ||

Pour for the Gods into the sieve our Soma very rich in sweets, Him whom the Gods most gladly hear.

9.62.22

ए॒ते सोमा॑ असृक्षत गृणा॒नाः श्रव॑से म॒हे | म॒दिन्त॑मस्य॒ धार॑या ||

Into his stream who gladdens best these Soma juices have been poured, Lauded with songs for lofty fame.

9.62.23

अ॒भि गव्या॑नि वी॒तये॑ नृ॒म्णा पु॑ना॒नो अ॑र्षसि | स॒नद्वा॑ज॒: परि॑ स्रव ||

Thou flowest to enjoy the milk, and bringest valour, being cleansed: Winning the spoil flow hitherward.

9.62.24

उ॒त नो॒ गोम॑ती॒रिषो॒ विश्वा॑ अर्ष परि॒ष्टुभ॑: | गृ॒णा॒नो ज॒मद॑ग्निना ||

And, hymned by Jamadagnis, let all nourishment that kine supply, And general praises, flow to us.

9.62.25

पव॑स्व वा॒चो अ॑ग्रि॒यः सोम॑ चि॒त्राभि॑रू॒तिभि॑: | अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ ||

Soma, as leader of the song flow onward with thy wondrous aids, For holy lore of every kind.

9.62.26

त्वं स॑मु॒द्रिया॑ अ॒पो॑ऽग्रि॒यो वाच॑ ई॒रय॑न् | पव॑स्व विश्वमेजय ||

Do thou as leader of the song, stirring the waters of the sea, Flow onward, thou who movest all.

9.62.27

तुभ्ये॒मा भुव॑ना कवे महि॒म्ने सो॑म तस्थिरे | तुभ्य॑मर्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः ||

O Soma, O thou Sage, these worlds stand ready to attest thy might: For thy behoof the rivers flow.

9.62.28

प्र ते॑ दि॒वो न वृ॒ष्टयो॒ धारा॑ यन्त्यस॒श्चत॑: | अ॒भि शु॒क्रामु॑प॒स्तिर॑म् ||

Like showers of rain that fall from heaven thy streams perpetually flow To the bright fleece spread under them.

9.62.29

इन्द्रा॒येन्दुं॑ पुनीतनो॒ग्रं दक्षा॑य॒ साध॑नम् | ई॒शा॒नं वी॒तिरा॑धसम् ||

For potent Indra purify Indu effectual and strong, Enjoyment-giver, Mighty Lord.

9.62.30

पव॑मान ऋ॒तः क॒विः सोम॑: प॒वित्र॒मास॑दत् | दध॑त्स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ||

Soma, true, Pavamana, Sage, is seated in the cleansing sieve, Giving his praiser hero strength.