HYMN XCIV. SOMA PAVAMANA. · ५ कण्वो घौर: । पवमान: सोम: । त्रिष्टुप् ।
9.94.1
अधि॒ यद॑स्मिन्वा॒जिनी॑व॒ शुभ॒: स्पर्ध॑न्ते॒ धिय॒: सूर्ये॒ न विश॑: | अ॒पो वृ॑णा॒नः प॑वते कवी॒यन्व्र॒जं न प॑शु॒वर्ध॑नाय॒ मन्म॑ ||
WHEN beauties strive for him as for a charger, then strive the songs like soldiers for the sunlight. Acting the Sage, he flows enrobed in waters and song as ’twere a stall that kine may prosper.
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9.94.1
अधि॒ यद॑स्मिन्वा॒जिनी॑व॒ शुभ॒: स्पर्ध॑न्ते॒ धिय॒: सूर्ये॒ न विश॑: | अ॒पो वृ॑णा॒नः प॑वते कवी॒यन्व्र॒जं न प॑शु॒वर्ध॑नाय॒ मन्म॑ ||
WHEN beauties strive for him as for a charger, then strive the songs like soldiers for the sunlight. Acting the Sage, he flows enrobed in waters and song as ’twere a stall that kine may prosper.
9.94.2
द्वि॒ता व्यू॒र्ण्वन्न॒मृत॑स्य॒ धाम॑ स्व॒र्विदे॒ भुव॑नानि प्रथन्त | धिय॑: पिन्वा॒नाः स्वस॑रे॒ न गाव॑ ऋता॒यन्ती॑र॒भि वा॑वश्र॒ इन्दु॑म् ||
The worlds expand to hirn who from aforetime found light to spread the law of life eternal. The swelling songs, like kine within the stable, in deep devotion call aloud on Indu.
9.94.3
परि॒ यत्क॒विः काव्या॒ भर॑ते॒ शूरो॒ न रथो॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ | दे॒वेषु॒ यशो॒ मर्ता॑य॒ भूष॒न्दक्षा॑य रा॒यः पु॑रु॒भूषु॒ नव्य॑: ||
When the sage bears his holy wisdom round him, like a car visiting all worlds, the Hero, Becoming fame, mid Gods, unto the mortal, wealth to the skilled, worth praise mid the Ever-present,
9.94.4
श्रि॒ये जा॒तः श्रि॒य आ निरि॑याय॒ श्रियं॒ वयो॑ जरि॒तृभ्यो॑ दधाति | श्रियं॒ वसा॑ना अमृत॒त्वमा॑य॒न्भव॑न्ति स॒त्या स॑मि॒था मि॒तद्रौ॑ ||
For glory born be hath come forth to glory: he giveth life and glory to the singers. They, clothed in glory, have become immortal. He, measured in his course, makes frays successful.
9.94.5
इष॒मूर्ज॑म॒भ्य१र्षाश्वं॒ गामु॒रु ज्योति॑: कृणुहि॒ मत्सि॑ दे॒वान् | विश्वा॑नि॒ हि सु॒षहा॒ तानि॒ तुभ्यं॒ पव॑मान॒ बाध॑से सोम॒ शत्रू॑न् ||
Stream to us food and vigour, kine and horses: give us broad lights and fill thGods with rapture. All ther are easy things for thee to master thou, Pavamana Soma, quellest foemen.