Rigveda 9.66

9.66.1

पव॑स्व विश्वचर्षणे॒ऽभि विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ | सखा॒ सखि॑भ्य॒ ईड्य॑: ||

FOR holy lore of every sort, flow onward thou whom all men love. A Friend to be besought by friends.

9.66.2

ताभ्यां॒ विश्व॑स्य राजसि॒ ये प॑वमान॒ धाम॑नी | प्र॒ती॒ची सो॑म त॒स्थतु॑: ||

O'er all thou rulest with these Two which, Soma Pavamana, stand, Turned, as thy stations, hitherward.

9.66.3

परि॒ धामा॑नि॒ यानि॑ ते॒ त्वं सो॑मासि वि॒श्वत॑: | पव॑मान ऋ॒तुभि॑: कवे ||

Wise Soma Pavamana, thou encompassest on every side Thy stations as the seasons come.

9.66.4

पव॑स्व ज॒नय॒न्निषो॒ऽभि विश्वा॑नि॒ वार्या॑ | सखा॒ सखि॑भ्य ऊ॒तये॑ ||

Flow onward, generating food, for precious boons of every kind, A Friend for friends, to be our help.

9.66.5

तव॑ शु॒क्रासो॑ अ॒र्चयो॑ दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठे वि त॑न्वते | प॒वित्रं॑ सोम॒ धाम॑भिः ||

Upon the lofty ridge of heaven thy bright rays with their essences, Soma, spread purifying power.

9.66.6

तवे॒मे स॒प्त सिन्ध॑वः प्र॒शिषं॑ सोम सिस्रते | तुभ्यं॑ धावन्ति धे॒नव॑: ||

O Soma, these Seven Rivers flow, as being thine, to give command: The Streams of milk run forth to thee.

9.66.7

प्र सो॑म याहि॒ धार॑या सु॒त इन्द्रा॑य मत्स॒रः | दधा॑नो॒ अक्षि॑ति॒ श्रव॑: ||

Flow onward, Soma in a stream, effused to gladden Indra's heart, Bringing imperishable fame.

9.66.8

समु॑ त्वा धी॒भिर॑स्वरन्हिन्व॒तीः स॒प्त जा॒मय॑: | विप्र॑मा॒जा वि॒वस्व॑तः ||

Driving thee in Vivasvān's course, the Seven Sisters with their hymns Made melody round thee the Sage.

9.66.9

मृ॒जन्ति॑ त्वा॒ सम॒ग्रुवोऽव्ये॑ जी॒रावधि॒ ष्वणि॑ | रे॒भो यद॒ज्यसे॒ वने॑ ||

The virgins deck thee o’er fresh streams to drive thee to the sieve when thou, A singer, bathest in the wood.

9.66.10

पव॑मानस्य ते कवे॒ वाजि॒न्त्सर्गा॑ असृक्षत | अर्व॑न्तो॒ न श्र॑व॒स्यव॑: ||

The streams of Pavamana, thine, Sage, Mighty One, have pouredthem forth. Like coursers eager for renown.

9.66.11

अच्छा॒ कोशं॑ मधु॒श्चुत॒मसृ॑ग्रं॒ वारे॑ अ॒व्यये॑ | अवा॑वशन्त धी॒तय॑: ||

They have been poured upon the fleece towards the meath-distilling vat: The holy songs have sounded forth.

9.66.12

अच्छा॑ समु॒द्रमिन्द॒वोऽस्तं॒ गावो॒ न धे॒नव॑: | अग्म॑न्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनि॒मा ||

Like milch-kine coming home, the drops of Soma juice have reached the lake, Have reached the place of sacrifice.

9.66.13

प्र ण॑ इन्दो म॒हे रण॒ आपो॑ अर्षन्ति॒ सिन्ध॑वः | यद्गोभि॑र्वासयि॒ष्यसे॑ ||

O Indu, to our great delight the running waters flow to us, When thou wilt robe thyself in milk.

9.66.14

अस्य॑ ते स॒ख्ये व॒यमिय॑क्षन्त॒स्त्वोत॑यः | इन्दो॑ सखि॒त्वमु॑श्मसि ||

In this thy friendship, and with thee to help us, fain to sacrifice, Indu, we crave thy friendly love.

9.66.15

आ प॑वस्व॒ गवि॑ष्टये म॒हे सो॑म नृ॒चक्ष॑से | एन्द्र॑स्य ज॒ठरे॑ विश ||

Flow on, O Soma, for the great Viewer of men, for gain of Idne Enter thou into Indra's throat.

9.66.16

म॒हाँ अ॑सि सोम॒ ज्येष्ठ॑ उ॒ग्राणा॑मिन्द॒ ओजि॑ष्ठः | युध्वा॒ सञ्छश्व॑ज्जिगेथ ||

Best art thou, Soma, of the great, Strongest of strong ones, Indu: thou As Warrior ever hast prevailed.

9.66.17

य उ॒ग्रेभ्य॑श्चि॒दोजी॑या॒ञ्छूरे॑भ्यश्चि॒च्छूर॑तरः | भू॒रि॒दाभ्य॑श्चि॒न्मंही॑यान् ||

Mightier even than the strong, more valiant even than the brave, More libpral than the bountiful,

9.66.18

त्वं सो॑म॒ सूर॒ एष॑स्तो॒कस्य॑ सा॒ता त॒नूना॑म् | वृ॒णी॒महे॑ स॒ख्याय॑ वृणी॒महे॒ युज्या॑य ||

Soma, as Sūra, bring us food, win offspring of our bodies: we Elect thee for our friendship, we elect thee for companionship.

9.66.19

अग्न॒ आयूं॑षि पवस॒ आ सु॒वोर्ज॒मिषं॑ च नः | आ॒रे बा॑धस्व दु॒च्छुना॑म् ||

Agni, thou pourest life; send down upon us food and vigorous strength; Drive thou misfortune far away,

9.66.20

अ॒ग्निॠषि॒: पव॑मान॒: पाञ्च॑जन्यः पु॒रोहि॑तः | तमी॑महे महाग॒यम् ||

Agni is Pavamana, Sage, Chief Priest of all the Races Five: To him whose wealth is great we pray.

9.66.21

अग्ने॒ पव॑स्व॒ स्वपा॑ अ॒स्मे वर्च॑: सु॒वीर्य॑म् | दध॑द्र॒यिं मयि॒ पोष॑म् ||

Skilled in thy task, O Agni, pour splendour with hero strength on us, Granting me wealth that nourishes.

9.66.22

पव॑मानो॒ अति॒ स्रिधो॒ऽभ्य॑र्षति सुष्टु॒तिम् | सूरो॒ न वि॒श्वद॑र्शतः ||

Beyond his enemies away to sweet praise Pavamana flows, Like Sūrya visible to all.

9.66.23

स म॑र्मृजा॒न आ॒युभि॒: प्रय॑स्वा॒न्प्रय॑से हि॒तः | इन्दु॒रत्यो॑ विचक्ष॒णः ||

Adorned by living men, set forth for entertainment, rich in food, Far-sighted Indu is a Steed.

9.66.24

पव॑मान ऋ॒तं बृ॒हच्छु॒क्रं ज्योति॑रजीजनत् | कृ॒ष्णा तमां॑सि॒ जङ्घ॑नत् ||

He, Pavamana, hath produced the lofty Law, the brilliant light, Destroying darkness black of hue.

9.66.25

पव॑मानस्य॒ जङ्घ्न॑तो॒ हरे॑श्च॒न्द्रा अ॑सृक्षत | जी॒रा अ॑जि॒रशो॑चिषः ||

From tawny Pavamana, the Destroyer, radiant streams have sprung, Quick streams from him whose gleams are swift.

9.66.26

पव॑मानो र॒थीत॑मः शु॒भ्रेभि॑: शु॒भ्रश॑स्तमः | हरि॑श्चन्द्रो म॒रुद्ग॑णः ||

Best rider of the chariot, praised with fairest praise mid beauteous ones, Gold-gleaming with the Marut host,

9.66.27

पव॑मानो॒ व्य॑श्नवद्र॒श्मिभि॑र्वाज॒सात॑मः | दध॑त्स्तो॒त्रे सु॒वीर्य॑म् ||

May Pavamana, best to win the booty, penetrate with rays, Giving the singer hero strength.

9.66.28

प्र सु॑वा॒न इन्दु॑रक्षाः प॒वित्र॒मत्य॒व्यय॑म् | पु॒ना॒न इन्दु॒रिन्द्र॒मा ||

Over the fleecy sieve hath flowed the drop effused: to Indra comes Indu while he is purified

9.66.29

ए॒ष सोमो॒ अधि॑ त्व॒चि गवां॑ क्रीळ॒त्यद्रि॑भिः | इन्द्रं॒ मदा॑य॒ जोहु॑वत् ||

This Soma, through the pressing-stones, is sporting on the oxhide, and Summoning Indra to the draught.

9.66.30

यस्य॑ ते द्यु॒म्नव॒त्पय॒: पव॑मा॒नाभृ॑तं दि॒वः | तेन॑ नो मृळ जी॒वसे॑ ||

O Pavamana, bless us, so that we may live, with that bright milk Of thine which hath been brought from heaven.