Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 104
Rig Veda 9.104 — Soma Pavamana
Deity: Soma Pavamana. Rishi family (Mandala 9): Hymns from multiple lineages. This Sukta contains 6 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 9.104.1
सखाय आ नि शीदत पुनानाय पर गायत | शिशुं न यज्ञैः परि भूषत शरिये
sakhāya ā ni śīdata punānāya pra ghāyata | śiśuṃ na yajñaiḥ pari bhūṣata śriye
Rig Veda 9.104.2
समी वत्सं न मात्र्भिः सर्जता गयसाधनम | देवाव्यम्मदमभि दविशवसम
samī vatsaṃ na mātṛbhiḥ sṛjatā ghayasādhanam | devāvyammadamabhi dviśavasam
Unite him bringing household wealth, even as a calf, with mother kine, Him who hath double strength, the God, delighting juice.
Rig Veda 9.104.3
पुनाता दक्षसाधनं यथा शर्धाय वीतये | यथा मित्राय वरुणाय शन्तमः
punātā dakṣasādhanaṃ yathā śardhāya vītaye | yathā mitrāya varuṇāya śantamaḥ
Purify him who gives us power, that he, most Blessed One, may be A banquet for the Troop, Mitra, and Varuṇa.
Rig Veda 9.104.4
अस्मभ्यं तवा वसुविदमभि वाणीरनूषत | गोभिष टे वर्णमभि वासयामसि
asmabhyaṃ tvā vasuvidamabhi vāṇīranūṣata | ghobhiṣ ṭe varṇamabhi vāsayāmasi
Voices have sung aloud to thee as finderout of wealth for us: We clothe the hue thou wearest with a robe of milk.
Rig Veda 9.104.5
स नो मदानां पत इन्दो देवप्सरा असि | सखेव सख्ये गातुवित्तमो भव
sa no madānāṃ pata indo devapsarā asi | sakheva sakhye ghātuvittamo bhava
Thou, Indu, art the food of Gods, O Sovran of all gladdening drinks: As Friend for friend, be thou best finder of success.
Rig Veda 9.104.6
सनेमि कर्ध्यस्मदा रक्षसं कं चिदत्रिणम | अपादेवं दवयुमंहो युयोधि नः
sanemi kṛdhyasmadā rakṣasaṃ kaṃ cidatriṇam | apādevaṃ dvayumaṃho yuyodhi naḥ
Drive utterly away from us each demon, each voracious fiend, The godless and the false: keep sorrow far away.
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