Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 18
Rig Veda 9.18 — Soma Pavamana
Deity: Soma Pavamana. Rishi family (Mandala 9): Hymns from multiple lineages. This Sukta contains 7 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 9.18.1
परि सुवानो गिरिष्ठाः पवित्रे सोमो अक्षाः | मदेषु सर्वधा असि
pari suvāno ghiriṣṭhāḥ pavitre somo akṣāḥ | madeṣu sarvadhā asi
Rig Veda 9.18.2
तवं विप्रस्त्वं कविर्मधु पर जातमन्धसः | मदेषु...
tvaṃ viprastvaṃ kavirmadhu pra jātamandhasaḥ | madeṣu...
Thou art a sacred Bard, a Sage; the meath is offipring of thy sap: All-bountcous art thou in carouse.
Rig Veda 9.18.3
तव विश्वे सजोषसो देवासः पीतिमाशत | मदेषु ...
tava viśve sajoṣaso devāsaḥ pītimāśata | madeṣu ...
All Deities of one accord have come that they may drink of thee: All-bounteous art thou in carouse.
Rig Veda 9.18.4
आ यो विश्वानि वार्या वसूनि हस्तयोर्दधे | मदेषु ...
ā yo viśvāni vāryā vasūni hastayordadhe | madeṣu ...
He who containeth in his hands all treasures much to be desired: All-bounteous art thou in carouse.
Rig Veda 9.18.5
य इमे रोदसी मही सं मातरेव दोहते | मदेषु ...
ya ime rodasī mahī saṃ mātareva dohate | madeṣu ...
Who milketh out this mighty Pair, the Earth and Heaven, like mother kine All-bounteous art thou in carouse.
Rig Veda 9.18.6
परि यो रोदसी उभे सद्यो वाजेभिरर्षति | मदेषु ...
pari yo rodasī ubhe sadyo vājebhirarṣati | madeṣu ...
Who in a moment mightily floweth around these two world-halvcs: All-bounteous art thou in carouse.
Rig Veda 9.18.7
स शुष्मी कलशेष्वा पुनानो अचिक्रदत | मदेषु ...
sa śuṣmī kalaśeṣvā punāno acikradat | madeṣu ...
The Strong One, being purified, hath in the pitchers cried aloud: All-bounteous art thou in carouse.
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