Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 19
Rig Veda 9.19 — 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 9.19.1
यत सोम चित्रमुक्थ्यं दिव्यं पार्थिवं वसु | तन नः पुनान आ भर
yat soma citramukthyaṃ divyaṃ pārthivaṃ vasu | tan naḥ punāna ā bhara
Rig Veda 9.19.2
युवं हि सथः सवर्पती इन्द्रश्च सोम गोपती | ईशानापिप्यतं धियः
yuvaṃ hi sthaḥ svarpatī indraśca soma ghopatī | īśānāpipyataṃ dhiyaḥ
For ye Twain, Indra, Soma, are Lords of the light, Lords of the kine: Great Rulers, prosper ye our songs.
Rig Veda 9.19.3
वर्षा पुनान आयुषु सतनयन्नधि बर्हिषि | हरिः सन योनिमासदत
vṛṣā punāna āyuṣu stanayannadhi barhiṣi | hariḥ san yonimāsadat
The tawny Steer, while cleansed among the living, bellowing on the grass, Hath sunk and settled in his home.
Rig Veda 9.19.4
अवावशन्त धीतयो वर्षभस्याधि रेतसि | सूनोर्वत्सस्यमातरः
avāvaśanta dhītayo vṛṣabhasyādhi retasi | sūnorvatsasyamātaraḥ
Over the Steer's productive flow the sacred songs were resonant, The mothers of the darling Son.
Rig Veda 9.19.5
कुविद वर्षण्यन्तीभ्यः पुनानो गर्भमादधत | याः शुक्रं दुहते पयः
kuvid vṛṣaṇyantībhyaḥ punāno gharbhamādadhat | yāḥ śukraṃ duhate payaḥ
Hath he not, purified, impregned the kine whb long to meet their Lord, The kine who yield the shining milk?
Rig Veda 9.19.6
उप शिक्षापतस्थुषो भियसमा धेहि शत्रुषु | पवमानविदा रयिम
upa śikṣāpatasthuṣo bhiyasamā dhehi śatruṣu | pavamānavidā rayim
Bring near us those who stand aloof strike fear into our enemies: O Pavamana, find us wealth.
Rig Veda 9.19.7
नि शत्रोः सोम वर्ष्ण्यं नि शुष्मं नि वयस्तिर | दूरेवा सतो अन्ति वा
ni śatroḥ soma vṛṣṇyaṃ ni śuṣmaṃ ni vayastira | dūrevā sato anti vā
Soma, bring down the foeman's might, his vigorous strength and vital powe'r, Whether he be afar or near.
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