Rigveda 9.63

9.63.1

आ प॑वस्व सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं सो॑म सु॒वीर्य॑म् | अ॒स्मे श्रवां॑सि धारय ||

POUR hitherward, O Soma, wealth in thousands and heroic strength, And keep renown secure for us.

9.63.2

इष॒मूर्जं॑ च पिन्वस॒ इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रिन्त॑मः | च॒मूष्वा नि षी॑दसि ||

Thou makest food and vigour swell for Indra, best of gladdeners! Within the cups thou seatest thee.

9.63.3

सु॒त इन्द्रा॑य॒ विष्ण॑वे॒ सोम॑: क॒लशे॑ अक्षरत् | मधु॑माँ अस्तु वा॒यवे॑ ||

For Indra and for Viṣṇu poured, Soma hath flowed into the jar: May Vāyu find it rich in sweets.

9.63.4

ए॒ते अ॑सृग्रमा॒शवोऽति॒ ह्वरां॑सि ब॒भ्रव॑: | सोमा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या ||

These Somas swift and brown of hue, in stream of solemn sacrifice Have flowed through twisted obstacles,

9.63.5

इन्द्रं॒ वर्ध॑न्तो अ॒प्तुर॑: कृ॒ण्वन्तो॒ विश्व॒मार्य॑म् | अ॒प॒घ्नन्तो॒ अरा॑व्णः ||

Performing every noble work, active, augmenting Indra's strength, Driving away the godless ones.

9.63.6

सु॒ता अनु॒ स्वमा रजो॒ऽभ्य॑र्षन्ति ब॒भ्रव॑: | इन्द्रं॒ गच्छ॑न्त॒ इन्द॑वः ||

Brown Soma-drops, effused that seek Indra, to their appropriate place Flow through the region hitherward.

9.63.7

अ॒या प॑वस्व॒ धार॑या॒ यया॒ सूर्य॒मरो॑चयः | हि॒न्वा॒नो मानु॑षीर॒पः ||

Flow onward with that stream of thine wherewith thou gavest Sūrya light, Urging on waters good to men.

9.63.8

अयु॑क्त॒ सूर॒ एत॑शं॒ पव॑मानो म॒नावधि॑ | अ॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ यात॑वे ||

He, Pavamana, high o’er man yoked the Sun's courser Etaśa To travel through the realm of air.

9.63.9

उ॒त त्या ह॒रितो॒ दश॒ सूरो॑ अयुक्त॒ यात॑वे | इन्दु॒रिन्द्र॒ इति॑ ब्रु॒वन् ||

And those ten Coursers, tawny-hued, he harnessed that the Sun might come Indu, he said, is Indra's self.

9.63.10

परी॒तो वा॒यवे॑ सु॒तं गिर॒ इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् | अव्यो॒ वारे॑षु सिञ्चत ||

Hence, singers, pour the gladdeningjuice to Vāyu and to Indra, pour The drops upon the fleecy cloth.

9.63.11

पव॑मान वि॒दा र॒यिम॒स्मभ्यं॑ सोम दु॒ष्टर॑म् | यो दू॒णाशो॑ वनुष्य॒ता ||

O Soma Pavamana, find wealth for us not to be assailed, Wealth which the foeman may not win.

9.63.12

अ॒भ्य॑र्ष सह॒स्रिणं॑ र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् | अ॒भि वाज॑मु॒त श्रव॑: ||

Send riches hither with thy stream in thousands, both of steeds and kine, Send spoil of war and high renown.

9.63.13

सोमो॑ दे॒वो न सूर्योऽद्रि॑भिः पवते सु॒तः | दधा॑नः क॒लशे॒ रस॑म् ||

Soma the God, expressed with stones, like Sūrya, floweth on his way, Pouring the juice within the jar.

9.63.14

ए॒ते धामा॒न्यार्या॑ शु॒क्रा ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या | वाजं॒ गोम॑न्तमक्षरन् ||

These brilliant drops have poured for us, in stream of solemn sacrifice, Worshipful laws and strength in kine.

9.63.15

सु॒ता इन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॒ सोमा॑सो॒ दध्या॑शिरः | प॒वित्र॒मत्य॑क्षरन् ||

Over the cleansing sieve have flowed the Somas, blent with curdled milk, Effused for Indra Thunder-armed.

9.63.16

प्र सो॑म॒ मधु॑मत्तमो रा॒ये अ॑र्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ | मदो॒ यो दे॑व॒वीत॑मः ||

Soma, do thou most rich in sweets, a gladdening drink most dear to Gods, Flow to the sieve to bring us wealth.

9.63.17

तमी॑ मृजन्त्या॒यवो॒ हरिं॑ न॒दीषु॑ वा॒जिन॑म् | इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रम् ||

For Indra, living men adorn the Tawny Courser in the streams, Indu, the giver of delight.

9.63.18

आ प॑वस्व॒ हिर॑ण्यव॒दश्वा॑वत्सोम वी॒रव॑त् | वाजं॒ गोम॑न्त॒मा भ॑र ||

Pour for us, Soma, wealth in gold, in horses and heroic sons, Bring hither strength in herds of kine.

9.63.19

परि॒ वाजे॒ न वा॑ज॒युमव्यो॒ वारे॑षु सिञ्चत | इन्द्रा॑य॒ मधु॑मत्तमम् ||

For Indra pour ye on the fleece him very sweet to taste, who longs. For battle as it were in war.

9.63.20

क॒विं मृ॑जन्ति॒ मर्ज्यं॑ धी॒भिर्विप्रा॑ अव॒स्यव॑: | वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदर्षति ||

The singers, seeking help, adorn the Sage who must be decked with songs: Loud bellowing the Steer comes on,

9.63.21

वृष॑णं धी॒भिर॒प्तुरं॒ सोम॑मृ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या | म॒ती विप्रा॒: सम॑स्वरन् ||

The singers with their thoughts and hymns have, in the stream of sacrifice, Caused Soma, active Steer, to roar.

9.63.22

पव॑स्व देवायु॒षगिन्द्रं॑ गच्छतु ते॒ मद॑: | वा॒युमा रो॑ह॒ धर्म॑णा ||

God, working with mankind, flow on; to Indra go thy gladdening juice: To Vāyu mount as Law commands

9.63.23

पव॑मान॒ नि तो॑शसे र॒यिं सो॑म श्र॒वाय्य॑म् | प्रि॒यः स॑मु॒द्रमा वि॑श ||

O Soma, Pavamana, thou pourest out wealth that brings renown: Enter the lake, as one we love.

9.63.24

अ॒प॒घ्नन्प॑वसे॒ मृध॑: क्रतु॒वित्सो॑म मत्स॒रः | नु॒दस्वादे॑वयुं॒ जन॑म् ||

Soma thou flowest chasing foes and bringing wisdom and delight: Drive off the folk who love not Gods.

9.63.25

पव॑माना असृक्षत॒ सोमा॑: शु॒क्रास॒ इन्द॑वः | अ॒भि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ ||

The Pavamanas have been poured, the brilliant drops of Soma juice, For holy lore of every kind.

9.63.26

पव॑मानास आ॒शव॑: शु॒भ्रा अ॑सृग्र॒मिन्द॑वः | घ्नन्तो॒ विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विष॑: ||

The Pavamanas have been shed, the beautiful swift Soma-drops, Driving all enemies afar.

9.63.27

पव॑माना दि॒वस्पर्य॒न्तरि॑क्षादसृक्षत | पृ॒थि॒व्या अधि॒ सान॑वि ||

From, heaven, from out the firmament, hath Pavamana been effused Upon the summit of the earth.

9.63.28

पु॒ना॒नः सो॑म॒ धार॒येन्दो॒ विश्वा॒ अप॒ स्रिध॑: | ज॒हि रक्षां॑सि सुक्रतो ||

O Soma, Indu, very wise, drive, being purified, with thy stream All foes, all Rākṣasas away.

9.63.29

अ॒प॒घ्नन्त्सो॑म र॒क्षसो॒ऽभ्य॑र्ष॒ कनि॑क्रदत् | द्यु॒मन्तं॒ शुष्म॑मुत्त॒मम् ||

Driving the Rākṣasas afar, O Soma, bellowing, pour for us Most excellent and splendid strength.

9.63.30

अ॒स्मे वसू॑नि धारय॒ सोम॑ दि॒व्यानि॒ पार्थि॑वा | इन्दो॒ विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॑ ||

Soma, do thou secure for us the treasures of the earih and heaven, Indu, all boons to be desired.