Rigveda 9.64

9.64.1

वृषा॑ सोम द्यु॒माँ अ॑सि॒ वृषा॑ देव॒ वृष॑व्रतः | वृषा॒ धर्मा॑णि दधिषे ||

Soma, thou art a splendid Steer, a Steer, O God, with steerlike sway: Thou as a Steer ordainest laws.

9.64.2

वृष्ण॑स्ते॒ वृष्ण्यं॒ शवो॒ वृषा॒ वनं॒ वृषा॒ मद॑: | स॒त्यं वृ॑ष॒न्वृषेद॑सि ||

Steer-strong thy might is as a steer's, steerstrong thywood, steer-like thy drink A Steer indeed, O Steer, art thou.

9.64.3

अश्वो॒ न च॑क्रदो॒ वृषा॒ सं गा इ॑न्दो॒ समर्व॑तः | वि नो॑ रा॒ये दुरो॑ वृधि ||

Thou, Indu, as a vigorous horse, hast neighed together steeds and kine: Unbar for us the doors to wealth.

9.64.4

असृ॑क्षत॒ प्र वा॒जिनो॑ ग॒व्या सोमा॑सो अश्व॒या | शु॒क्रासो॑ वीर॒याशव॑: ||

Out of desire of cows and steeds and horses. potent Soma-drops, Brilliant and swift, have been effused.

9.64.5

शु॒म्भमा॑ना ऋता॒युभि॑र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑ना॒ गभ॑स्त्योः | पव॑न्ते॒ वारे॑ अ॒व्यये॑ ||

They purified in both the hands, made beautiful by holy men, Flow onward to the fleecy cloth.

9.64.6

ते विश्वा॑ दा॒शुषे॒ वसु॒ सोमा॑ दि॒व्यानि॒ पार्थि॑वा | पव॑न्ता॒मान्तरि॑क्ष्या ||

These Soma juices shall pour forth all treasures for the worshipper From heaven and earth and firmament.

9.64.7

पव॑मानस्य विश्ववि॒त्प्र ते॒ सर्गा॑ असृक्षत | सूर्य॑स्येव॒ न र॒श्मय॑: ||

The streams of Pavamana, thine, Finder of all, have been effused, Even as Sūrya's rays of light.

9.64.8

के॒तुं कृ॒ण्वन्दि॒वस्परि॒ विश्वा॑ रू॒पाभ्य॑र्षसि | स॒मु॒द्रः सो॑म पिन्वसे ||

Making the light that shines from heaven thou flowest on to every form Soma, thou swellest like a sea.

9.64.9

हि॒न्वा॒नो वाच॑मिष्यसि॒ पव॑मान॒ विध॑र्मणि | अक्रा॑न्दे॒वो न सूर्य॑: ||

Urged on thou sendest out thy voice, O Pavamana; thou hast moved, Like the God Sūrya, to the sieve.

9.64.10

इन्दु॑: पविष्ट॒ चेत॑नः प्रि॒यः क॑वी॒नां म॒ती | सृ॒जदश्वं॑ र॒थीरि॑व ||

Indu, Enlightener, Friend, hath been purified by the sages' hymns: So starts the charioteer his steed-

9.64.11

ऊ॒र्मिर्यस्ते॑ प॒वित्र॒ आ दे॑वा॒वीः प॒र्यक्ष॑रत् | सीद॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ||

Thy God-delighting wave which hath flowed to purifying seive, Alighting in the home of Law.

9.64.12

स नो॑ अर्ष प॒वित्र॒ आ मदो॒ यो दे॑व॒वीत॑मः | इन्द॒विन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑ ||

Flow to our sieve, a gladdening draught that hath most intercourse with Gods, Indu, to Indra for his drink.

9.64.13

इ॒षे प॑वस्व॒ धार॑या मृ॒ज्यमा॑नो मनी॒षिभि॑: | इन्दो॑ रु॒चाभि गा इ॑हि ||

Flow onward with a stream for food, made beautiful by sapient men: Indu with sheen approach the milk.

9.64.14

पु॒ना॒नो वरि॑वस्कृ॒ध्यूर्जं॒ जना॑य गिर्वणः | हरे॑ सृजा॒न आ॒शिर॑म् ||

While thou art cleansed, Song-Lover, bring comfort and vigour to the folk, Poured, Tawny One! on milk and curds.

9.64.15

पु॒ना॒नो दे॒ववी॑तय॒ इन्द्र॑स्य याहि निष्कृ॒तम् | द्यु॒ता॒नो वा॒जिभि॑र्य॒तः ||

Purified for the feast of Gods, go thou to Indra's special place, Resplendent, guided by the strong.

9.64.16

प्र हि॑न्वा॒नास॒ इन्द॒वोऽच्छा॑ समु॒द्रमा॒शव॑: | धि॒या जू॒ता अ॑सृक्षत ||

Accelerated by the hymn, the rapid drops of Soma juice Have flowed, urged onward, to the lake.

9.64.17

म॒र्मृ॒जा॒नास॑ आ॒यवो॒ वृथा॑ समु॒द्रमिन्द॑वः | अग्म॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ||

Easily have the living drops, made beautiful, approached the lake, Yea, to the place of sacrifice.

9.64.18

परि॑ णो याह्यस्म॒युर्विश्वा॒ वसू॒न्योज॑सा | पा॒हि न॒: शर्म॑ वी॒रव॑त् ||

Compass about, our faithful Friend, all our possessions with thy might: Guard, hero like, our sheltering home.

9.64.19

मिमा॑ति॒ वह्नि॒रेत॑शः प॒दं यु॑जा॒न ऋक्व॑भिः | प्र यत्स॑मु॒द्र आहि॑तः ||

Loud neighs the Courser Etaśa, with singers, harnessed for the place, Guided for travel to the lake.

9.64.20

आ यद्योनिं॑ हिर॒ण्यय॑मा॒शुॠ॒तस्य॒ सीद॑ति | जहा॒त्यप्र॑चेतसः ||

What time the Swift One resteth in the golden place of sacrifice, He leaves the foolish far away.

9.64.21

अ॒भि वे॒ना अ॑नूष॒तेय॑क्षन्ति॒ प्रचे॑तसः | मज्ज॒न्त्यवि॑चेतसः ||

The friends have sung in unison, the prudent wish to sacrifice: Down sink the unintelligent.

9.64.22

इन्द्रा॑येन्दो म॒रुत्व॑ते॒ पव॑स्व॒ मधु॑मत्तमः | ऋ॒तस्य॒ योनि॑मा॒सद॑म् ||

For Indra girt by Maruts, flow, thou Indu, very rich in sweets, To sit in place of sacrifice.

9.64.23

तं त्वा॒ विप्रा॑ वचो॒विद॒: परि॑ ष्कृण्वन्ति वे॒धस॑: | सं त्वा॑ मृजन्त्या॒यव॑: ||

Controlling priests and sages skilled in holy song adorn thee well: The living make thee beautiful.

9.64.24

रसं॑ ते मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा पिब॑न्ति॒ वरु॑णः कवे | पव॑मानस्य म॒रुत॑: ||

Aryaman, Mitra, Varuṇa drink Pavamana's juice, yea, thine: O Sage, the Maruts drink thereof.

9.64.25

त्वं सो॑म विप॒श्चितं॑ पुना॒नो वाच॑मिष्यसि | इन्दो॑ स॒हस्र॑भर्णसम् ||

O Soma, Indu, thou while thou art purified urgest onward speech. Thousandfold, with the lore of hymns.

9.64.26

उ॒तो स॒हस्र॑भर्णसं॒ वाचं॑ सोम मख॒स्युव॑म् | पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा भ॑र ||

Yea, Soma, Indu, while thou art purified do thou bring to us Speech thousandfold that longs for war.

9.64.27

पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्दवेषां॒ पुरु॑हूत॒ जना॑नाम् | प्रि॒यः स॑मु॒द्रमा वि॑श ||

O Indu, Much-invoked, while thou art purifying, as the Friend. Of these men enter thou the lake.

9.64.28

दवि॑द्युतत्या रु॒चा प॑रि॒ष्टोभ॑न्त्या कृ॒पा | सोमा॑: शु॒क्रा गवा॑शिरः ||

Bright are these Somas blent with milk, with light that flashes brilliantly. And form that utters loud acclaim.

9.64.29

हि॒न्वा॒नो हे॒तृभि॑र्य॒त आ वाजं॑ वा॒ज्य॑क्रमीत् | सीद॑न्तो व॒नुषो॑ यथा ||

Led by his drivers, and sent forth, the Strong Steed hath come nigh for spoil, Like warriors when they stand arrayed.

9.64.30

ऋ॒धक्सो॑म स्व॒स्तये॑ संजग्मा॒नो दि॒वः क॒विः | पव॑स्व॒ सूर्यो॑ दृ॒शे ||

Specially, Soma, coming as a Sage from heaven to prosper us, Flow like the Sun for us to see.