Rig Veda · Mandala 9 · Sukta 22
Rig Veda 9.22 — 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 9.22.1
एते सोमास आशवो रथा इव पर वाजिनः | सर्गाः सर्ष्टा अहेषत
ete somāsa āśavo rathā iva pra vājinaḥ | sarghāḥ sṛṣṭā aheṣata
Rig Veda 9.22.2
एते वाता इवोरवः पर्जन्यस्येव वर्ष्टयः | अग्नेरिव भरमा वर्था
ete vātā ivoravaḥ parjanyasyeva vṛṣṭayaḥ | aghneriva bhramā vṛthā
Swift as wide winds they lightly move, like rain-storms of Parjanya, like The flickering flames of burning fire.
Rig Veda 9.22.3
एते पूता विपश्चितः सोमासो दध्याशिरः | विपा वयानशुर्धियः
ete pūtā vipaścitaḥ somāso dadhyāśiraḥ | vipā vyānaśurdhiyaḥ
These Soma juices, blent with curds, purified, skilled in sacred hymns, Have gained by song their hearts'desire.
Rig Veda 9.22.4
एते मर्ष्टा अमर्त्याः सस्र्वांसो न शश्रमुः | इयक्षन्तः पथो रजः
ete mṛṣṭā amartyāḥ sasṛvāṃso na śaśramuḥ | iyakṣantaḥ patho rajaḥ
Immortal, cleansed, these drops, since first they flowed, have never wearied, fain To reach the regions and their paths.
Rig Veda 9.22.5
एते पर्ष्ठानि रोदसोर्विप्रयन्तो वयानशुः | उतेदमुत्तमं रजः
ete pṛṣṭhāni rodasorviprayanto vyānaśuḥ | utedamuttamaṃ rajaḥ
Advancing they have travelled o’er the ridges of the earth and heaven, And this the highest realm of all.
Rig Veda 9.22.6
तन्तुं तन्वानमुत्तममनु परवत आशत | उतेदमुत्तमाय्यम
tantuṃ tanvānamuttamamanu pravata āśata | utedamuttamāyyam
Over the heights have they attained the highest thread that is spun out, And this which must be deemed most high.
Rig Veda 9.22.7
तवं सोम पणिभ्य आ वसु गव्यानि धारयः | ततं तन्तुमचिक्रदः
tvaṃ soma paṇibhya ā vasu ghavyāni dhārayaḥ | tataṃ tantumacikradaḥ
Thou, Soma, boldest wealth in kine which thou hast seized from niggard churls: Thou calledst forth the outspun thread.
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